Games Like The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Story Rich 11%, Anime 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like The Hungry Lamb, it uses route-based storytelling and escalating dread to turn a desperate survival situation into a character-focused psychological spiral.

In this twisted love story of a visual novel by CLOCKUP, an insomniac must decide whether to protect his position as a yakuza bigwig’s pet killer or the mysterious woman who can put him to sleep.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Romance 13.2%, Dark 12.1%, Drama 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers another dark, relationship-driven visual novel about violent people, obsession, and a dangerous bond that can turn tragic or redemptive depending on the route.

A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Romance 13%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Dark 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: If you want devastating historical drama, layered tragedy, and a haunting central relationship, this is one of the strongest story-rich visual novels on Steam.

Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Romance 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is a mature, literary visual novel with bleak themes, damaged characters, and a heavy sense of doom that matches the seed game's darker emotional tone.

"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.

Why similar: Historical 34.9%, Drama 20.5%, Story Rich 17.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its late-imperial China setting, grounded historical atmosphere, and strong narrative focus make it a natural follow-up even though it leans more mystery than romance.

Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?

Why similar: Cooking 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9%, Anime 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Behind the food motif is another deceptively intimate visual novel about hunger, survival, manipulation, and increasingly horrifying relationship choices.

Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Dating Sim 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the seed game's emphasis on player choice, grim atmosphere, morally messy relationships, and a story where bonding with people can be as dangerous as saving them.

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Anime 14.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Mystery 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a tightly written supernatural mystery with historical texture, route experimentation, and a similarly oppressive sense that every choice carries human cost.

When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Anime 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers multiple perspectives, major branching decisions, and a relentlessly dark tone where character bonds and bad choices drive the tragedy forward.

──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.6%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Anime 15.3%, Story Rich 9.2%, Casual 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Another Chinese narrative game with serious social themes, moral ambiguity, and branching choices that force you to weigh justice, guilt, and compassion.

Follow the protagonist's pursuit to uncover the death of his friends during the Taisho era of Japan. An highly-acclaimed, psychedelic BL murder-mystery visual novel from indie developer ADELTA!

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.8%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Story Rich 12.2%, Anime 11.1%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its period setting, unstable characters, and dark, looping emotional routes make it a strong pick if you liked tragic romance wrapped in literary misery.

Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...

Why similar: Word Game 25.6%, Drama 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Mystery 11%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps political famine for folk horror, but the Chinese cultural atmosphere, dark storytelling, and tragic undercurrent make it an excellent tonal match.

Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse?

Why similar: Historical 30.9%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Romance 14.7%, Anime 9.9%, Mystery 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: If you want even more of the same oppressive literary crime drama and psychologically scarred characters, this sequel deepens the bleak investigative storytelling.

Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Multiple Endings 24.4%, Dark 18.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Drama 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its appeal lies in another deeply unhealthy but compelling character bond, grim humor, and route-based descent into taboo, violence, and dependence.

A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Drama 15.9%, Anime 10.5%, Story Rich 10%

Why You'll Like It: It trades history for modern suspense, but its claustrophobic cast, distrust, and slow unraveling of trauma hit a very similar narrative pressure point.

Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Anime 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a grim, choice-driven visual novel where damaged people, revenge, and moral rot matter more than jump scares, much like the seed game's darker appeal.

This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.

Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Drama 15.4%, Mystery 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like the first game, it leans into Chinese folk beliefs, sorrowful mystery, and a persistent sense that love and suffering are tightly intertwined.

Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: If the multiple-endings structure and high-stakes life-or-death storytelling were key for you, this is one of Steam's best branching narrative packages.

Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Anime 16.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Mystery 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though more investigative, it similarly mixes strong character attachment, route-based reveals, and dark secrets that reframe the whole journey.

Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.

Why similar: Word Game 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Drama 11.8%, Story Rich 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This Chinese mystery VN is another strong choice for players who want dense plotting, repeated route exploration, and emotionally charged narrative twists.

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Historical 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Medieval 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its historical setting, social suffering, and emphasis on living with consequential choices make it a great pick if the seed game's period drama mattered most.

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Story Rich 16.1%, RPG 10%, Medieval 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This isn't a visual novel in the strict sense, but its harsh historical world, grim class cruelty, and choice-shaped life path strongly echo the seed game's moral weight.

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, RPG 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Story Rich 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is a text-heavy journey through a brutal world where survival, trust, and difficult human choices matter more than combat spectacle.

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

Why similar: Historical 29.4%, Story Rich 25.6%, Medieval 18.9%, Dark 14.5%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: For a non-VN alternative, it captures a similarly bleak historical backdrop and a protective, emotionally central bond forged under relentless hardship.

Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Dating Sim 8.8%

A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.

Why similar: Visual Novel 60.8%, Mystery 16%, Story Rich 15.3%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its structure is less intimate, but it is still an excellent branching narrative game for players who want tightly interconnected routes and escalating stakes.

Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Word Game 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Drama 11.1%, Story Rich 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers another very dark, literary, character-driven VN centered on trauma, despair, and people trying to keep each other alive emotionally.

An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Anime 16.2%, Mystery 15.2%, Story Rich 14.8%, Dark 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a heavier mystery-first recommendation for readers who specifically want complex route logic, locked truths, and a demanding story to untangle.

3 centuries have passed after sleeping for one night!? On a rainy night filled with thunderstorms, a young chef Raylan encountered a mysterious girl who resembled Sleeping Beauty in a huge tree hole, but everything suddenly went black before he could find out what happened...

Why similar: Word Game 18%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10%

Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Demon-Slayer, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. Your choices will determine which employees become enamored with you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Dating Sim 17.9%, Cooking 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?

Why similar: Word Game 16%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Dating Sim 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

A visual novel/roguelike hybrid where a simple mission spirals into a cannibalistic odyssey. You'll struggle as a fragile human, blood-soaked knight, or flesh-devouring Forsaker. Devour or be devoured—yet your fate dangles by unseen strings. Choose: cling to this broken world... or forsake it.

Why similar: Historical 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Drama 9.5%, Anime 8.8%

古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……

Why similar: Historical 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Romance 8.4%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 57%, Romance 20.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Mystery 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: If you want more tragic romance, multiple endings, and a melancholy supernatural atmosphere, this is a solid lighter-step-away match.

In the waning years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, a rumor circulates about a stone statue that bestows blessings in the mortal realm. Lured by the rumor, Anu and Chu Qingqing, a Xianbei General and her Han captive, are led to Dunhuang to face their fates.

Why similar: Historical 24.1%, Word Game 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%

You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

Why similar: Historical 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Dating Sim 10.9%

The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.

Why similar: Word Game 27.5%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, RPG 6.6%

Emerald seas! Blue skies! Sandy beaches! An island adventure in the ocean sounds like a trip to paradise. However, the place is a nightmare with no one to provide any blood for Raylan to feed on after he turned into a vampire by accident, especially since he has another hungry vampire at his side.

Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Dating Sim 15.4%, Multiple Endings 8%

Programmer Lin Mo is tired of his monotonous life. One day, he meets a mysterious girl at a café who hides many secrets. As lies and true feelings intertwine, can this chance encounter save him from his numb existence? A visual novel filled with "love and hope".

Why similar: Word Game 17.3%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, RPG 6.7%

Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?

Why similar: Word Game 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Multiple Endings 14%, Psychological Horror 10%, Cute 8%

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Drama 30.8%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Story Rich 19.3%, RPG 12.3%, Adventure 7.8%

Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.

Why similar: Historical 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Drama 10%

A text adventure game of the mid Tang Dynasty, where players can experience the story of a lonely city in the Western Regions during the Tang Tibetan War in the 13th year of Jianzhong by the 'bound barbarians'. Witness the growth and helplessness of characters and the rise and fall of the era.

Why similar: Historical 20.2%, Word Game 16.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Dating Sim 12.3%

——这是由阴阳两面的夹缝中，诞生的深刻羁绊。世人只言开封繁华，歌舞升平，却难以看到那，被隐藏起来的黑暗背面。粉饰的美好，残酷的真相。生者的思念，亡者的祝福。所以，你要止步当前，还是深究一切？

Why similar: Word Game 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

Modern worker reborn as Golden Cicada in the all-female Land of Women. Unravel the Mother-Son River’s secrets, battle Demon King Mara, and bond with seven goddesses. Your choices shape many endings—balance enlightenment and love to rewrite the Three Realms.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Dating Sim 19.6%, Drama 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%

The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.

Why similar: Word Game 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Romance 7%

这是身为人类的公主，教会了强大而冷漠的黑龙，何为「爱」的故事。玩家将扮演故事中的女主角——一名人类国度的公主，与一头黑龙建立羁绊，融化与温暖它的心灵，为自身谋得生存希望。令人啼笑皆非的生活开始啦！

Why similar: Word Game 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dating Sim 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Romance 10%

Two young illuminators, Fancia and Alina, start their adventure in the bright and fascinating Inlixaland... ...in pursuit of becoming trustworthy "The Arborangers."

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Drama 10.4%, Anime 10.1%

"Otaku's Adventure" is a different kind of AVG.The story tells of an Otaku who has been single for many years and thirst for love. While he inadvertently embarks on a fantastic journey, he eventually wins girls' love. The game combines storytelling with alternative TAKAGISM, and mini-games.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Dating Sim 19.7%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Anime 7.8%

With just a swipe to the left or right, you can make all kinds of decisions. So, please embark on your own unique adventure tale through the continent of Astra!

Why similar: Word Game 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Drama 8.4%

Wang Cheng-En escaped the Miaoli emperor's clutches with Pisuka. This time, they follow Mika to a holy city Taichung State. What awaits him? Will he eat lead, end up being buried as a bloated corpse in a ditch in the middle of Taiwan, or lead an ordinary daily life together with young girls?

Why similar: Word Game 20%, Dating Sim 19%, Visual Novel 17%, Drama 8.2%, Story Rich 7.6%

You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Dark 15.3%, Word Game 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...

Why similar: Historical 23.7%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Drama 10.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Mystery 7.7%

Hell-bent on vengeance, Caldo single-handedly topples the royal throne of Solide, capturing the king and the princess and working their ruin through his dark contracts with demons. A visual novel about hate and revenge... and possibly redemption.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Medieval 20.9%, Dark 18%, Story Rich 17.8%, Cute 7.9%

A girl who has been sold, is about to start her new life with the notorious Duke in this horrible mansion. She has to tiptoe through the daily fearful routine of being beheaded if she utters a wrong word!? A Lily story, corny and sweet Beauty and the Beast Yuri show is about to begin.

Why similar: Word Game 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dating Sim 12.5%, Drama 10.6%

In 1927, Lu Yanhe, a daughter of a royal family of the Qing dynasty decided, to run away from home. Under the changing times and the subtle influence of new thoughts, she began to seek possibilities beyond her destiny......

Why similar: Historical 21.9%, Word Game 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

"My mother, my daughter, and me—three sixteen-year-olds on an extraordinary adventure."After traveling through time to meet their sixteen-year-old counterparts, three generations of women set off on an adventure through the Land of the Gods. What could await them at the end of their journey?

Why similar: Visual Novel 60.9%, Anime 25%, Adventure 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Casual 2.3%

The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Drama 18.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, RPG 6.6%