60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Emotional, 2D.
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
The River
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Pine: A Story of Loss
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Drama 17.3%, Linear 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Emotional 27%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Story Rich 10.6%
Musings on grief, moving on, and a life made and lived in the rural Midwest. Features a collection of lovingly hand-drawn panels and pixel art.
Why similar: Emotional 26.5%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Hand-drawn 12%, Linear 7.3%
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Emotional 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Story Rich 12.8%
What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Emotional 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Text-Based 7.6%
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Drama 25.6%, Narration 18.8%, Emotional 15.3%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 10.1%
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!
Why similar: Drama 25.9%, Emotional 22.4%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Linear 11.8%, Story Rich 11.3%
The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.
Why similar: Emotional 49%, Psychological 21.9%, Story Rich 19.5%, Mystery 9.5%
A visual novel about the ever-changing nature of relationships and the hardships of dealing with loss.
Why similar: Visual Novel 60.8%, Simulation 29.4%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 2.4%
A game for the ones we lost on the way. Memento Mori is a surreal walking simulator that combines a minimalistic art style and a show don't tell story, focused on dealing with loss.
Why similar: Emotional 35.5%, Linear 34.5%, Minimalist 28.5%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.
Why similar: Emotional 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Story Rich 13.9%, 2D 5.1%
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Drama 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Hand-drawn 13%, Minimalist 9.7%
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Emotional 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.
Why similar: Emotional 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Visual Novel 21%, Story Rich 12.1%, 2D 6.2%
A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.
Why similar: Drama 24.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 16.5%, Linear 12.5%, Story Rich 7.8%
Ascend to the Heavens and find out if you're pure enough to be reborn on the Earth.
Why similar: Drama 28.5%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Emotional 13.8%, Narration 13%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
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 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Minimalist 18.6%, Simulation 11.3%, 2D 6.2%
In this short but profound story, you will discover that the New Year is not only fun, but also a time for self-reflection. Immerse yourself in an emotional journey that will leave you thoughtful and perhaps with a new perspective on the meaning of this holiday.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Drama 24.6%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Emotional 11.4%, Text-Based 9.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 27%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Emotional 20.5%, Story Rich 7.7%, Mystery 5.7%
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Narration 41.7%, Emotional 24.1%, Linear 21.9%, Story Rich 6.7%, Adventure 4%
Dull Grey is an award-winning visual novel about growing up. Experience an emotional story of a mother and son in a dystopian world, make simple but meaningful choices and discover multiple endings. Will you see your story unfold in full colour?
Why similar: Drama 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Conversation 14.6% ★, Narration 13.2%, Minimalist 10.4%
A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 48.2%, Visual Novel 28.8%, Story Rich 14.7%, 2D 5%, Indie 2.6%
A melancholic journey through the cemetery... and far beyond its gates.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Mystery 12%, Psychological 9.4%
memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.
Why similar: Emotional 41.5%, Visual Novel 35.6%, Story Rich 15%, Simulation 4.2%, Adventure 2.2%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Emotional 20.8%, Drama 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Conversation 9.6% ★
A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Emotional 15.7%, Minimalist 10.1%, Simulation 10%
TREE tells a story of a relationship between a boy and his tree. What starts off as a simple connection, over time it grows into something deeper.
Why similar: Emotional 76.9%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
"Hold Me Still" is a point-and-click puzzle mystery game where you investigate your friend's disappearance by exploring their house, collecting clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Drama 40.5%, Emotional 25.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, 2D 5.6%
A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
Why similar: Emotional 33.5%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Text-Based 8.8%, Minimalist 6.2%
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Mystery 17.9%, Drama 15.1%, Story Rich 10.2%
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 26.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Mystery 9.2%
An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Emotional 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Story Rich 13.4%, Linear 13.3%
The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.
Why similar: Narration 36.5%, Drama 21.7%, Story Rich 15.2%, Emotional 11.3%, Simulation 9.1%
Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Emotional 25.4%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Minimalist 10.7%
A supernova, a broken telescope, Lum, and a night full of strange encounters and painful memories. Join Eli on a short, emotional point-and-click journey through the city.
Why similar: Drama 41.6%, Emotional 25.2%, Narration 19.3%, 2D 7.6%, Adventure 5.5%
a short but incredibly touching experience.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Minimalist 14.9%, Simulation 11.6%, Psychological 7.7%
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: Emotional 25.2%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Story Rich 13.3%, Text-Based 8.4%
“Thing-in-Itself” is a short interactive story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant’s concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter.
Why similar: Emotional 27%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological 11.6%, Minimalist 11.6%
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
Explore the shifting manor of the enigmatic Henri Villemaine and uncover the truth behind his family’s sudden disappearance. Bend reality to recreate the scenes from his diary and expose long-buried secrets. What if your role in this case went beyond that of a simple investigator?
Why similar: Emotional 21.6%, Mystery 21%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Narration 11.9%, Drama 11.8%
The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Story Rich 19.8%, Text-Based 15.9%, Minimalist 15.5%, Simulation 12.5%
Moon River is a short RPG adventure with an emphasis on music and atmosphere. Perhaps some secrets too... Explore the remains of an quiet, empty world & find the river's end.
Why similar: Emotional 49.8%, Mystery 27.7%, 2D 11.7%, Adventure 6.6%, Indie 2.6%
The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.
Why similar: Drama 27.2%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Emotional 19.2%, Mystery 16.1%, Psychological 6.8%
Driven by a rare neurological affliction plaguing his family, Joshua has to recover his memories by exploring parallel realities through déjà vu. Facing the innermost depths of his past – moments both joyous and painful – seems to be the only way to get his life and family back together.
Why similar: Emotional 37.5%, Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Story Rich 16.7%, Minimalist 15.6%
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.
Why similar: Emotional 58.1%, Mystery 34.6%, Adventure 4.5%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Emotional 42.2%, Mystery 23.2%, Psychological 18.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Text-Based 5.8%
Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.
Why similar: Emotional 30.6%, Mystery 30.2%, Minimalist 18.3%, Story Rich 16.3%, Adventure 3%
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Why similar: Emotional 41.6%, Story Rich 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Mystery 8.6%
A visual novel about a memory that a boy named Mark tries very hard to forget, and a girl named Myra who unearths it.
Why similar: Emotional 25.1%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Mystery 14%, Story Rich 9.8%
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Emotional 30.2%, Mystery 21.5%, Linear 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Story Rich 13.2%
This is a story about Iris, a nobody who didn't have a Happy Ending and now suffers the consequences of their own (lack of) actions all alone in the most northern city in the world. A depressing story and a melancholic lesson teached in life's hard way awaits you.
Why similar: Drama 31.9%, Emotional 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Psychological 8.3%, Narration 7.2%
这是一个关于遗憾与成长的故事。男生的思绪不断回到17岁的夏天，在一次次回忆与抉择中徘徊，是去尝试弥补遗憾？还是在释然间体会成长的意义?回忆中的她会在那等我吗？
Why similar: Emotional 30.6%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Hand-drawn 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Simulation 6.2%
Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.9%, Emotional 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Story Rich 18.2%, 2D 6%
A handpainted cozy hidden object adventure. Explore a surreal world. Collect items for its quirky inhabitants. Fix damaged paintings and solve casual puzzles. Help a lost skeleton painter find his way home. This game is short but 100% FREE (no ads, no IAP).
Why similar: Hand-drawn 38.1%, Mystery 24.5%, Linear 16.6%, 2D 10.5%, Adventure 8.1%
An experimental, minimalistic microgame about loneliness. Originally released as a Flash game in 2010 that was featured by Extra Credits.
Why similar: Emotional 42.6%, Linear 25.8%, Minimalist 23.9%, 2D 7.7%
Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Story Rich 21.6%, Emotional 19.1%, Linear 17.7%, Mystery 8.2%
Flower in Us is a short, story-driven mystery adventure that invites players to unravel hidden secrets.
Why similar: Conversation 24.2% ★, Drama 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 11.3%
A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.
Why similar: Indie 100%
A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship. Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly.
Why similar: Emotional 29.7%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Linear 14.3%, Psychological 12.2%, Story Rich 11%
