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  1. #1 AQK
    96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Asroni Inc
    Windows

    "AQK" is a job interview simulation game where you, a job seeker, face off against a series of eccentric interviewers in pursuit of that coveted job offer.

    Why similar: Text-Based 41.6%, Casual 24.1%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 2.9%

  2. #2 Helmet
    97% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: gerafkoPub: Worlds and Portal
    Windows · Mac

    Don't Forget Your Helmet is a quiet mystical romance about a lonely motorcyclist, a strange girl who knows too much about endings, and the small human choices that can change the shape of tomorrow.

    Why similar: Text-Based 30.2%, Casual 19.9%, Psychological 18%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Emotional 7.8%

  3. #3 Father Forgets
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Worlds In Portal
    Windows

    A short, atmospheric pixel-art story about the late-night moment when a father sees his own mistakes and remembers what really matters. Inspired by a classic essay on fatherhood. A quiet experience in a single sitting — for anyone who's ever thought, "what if I'd done things differently…"

    Why similar: Text-Based 35.3%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Casual 15%, Emotional 14.6%, Indie 12.1%

  4. #4 The Spell - A Kinetic Novel
    96% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2019
    Dev: Hangover Cat Purrroduction
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    After the death of her parents, Eloise is forced to live with her uncle. Though she’s reluctant to the idea, she soon finds out that it’s not nearly as bad as she had envisioned. That is, until she found a weird note concerning her parents’ deaths next to the garbage bin.

    Why similar: Psychological 30.7%, Casual 25.6%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Indie 21.1%

  5. #5 TREE
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 2,319 reviews2018
    Dev: The Strangers
    Windows

    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 37.9%, Casual 27.5%, Indie 22.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  6. #6 旧手表 - Old Watch
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 676 reviews2017
    Dev: 灰烬天国
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    This is an Visual Novel game. It's a story about time leap.

    Why similar: Casual 42.5%, Indie 36%, Visual Novel 21.5%

  7. #7 女巫与六便士 the sibyl and sixpence
    93% matchMostly Positive80% of 813 reviews2018
    Dev: 吃了就睡工作室
    Windows

    It's a 15-minute experimental visual novel about a love affair as weak as tea. Story consists of two chapters, formed by a mixture of four clues. It tells a love story about the sibyl and the prince.

    Why similar: Casual 41.8%, Indie 35.9%, Visual Novel 22.3%

  8. #8 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Seoul in the 21st Century
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Seoul Hitchhiker Studio
    Windows

    For 20 years, she lived with depression. Now, she's strong enough to name what happened: a social murder. This is a visual essay—not a game—with over 400 illustrations about grief, guilt, and survival in a collapsing meritocracy.

    Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Psychological 20.1%, Emotional 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Indie 9.4%

  9. #9 Change
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 384 reviews2017
    Dev: Adventurer's Tavern
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    你有没有一段时间,无论如何都提不起精神来,总以为离开这里会变好,换了个环境却没有任何改变。 觉得自己做的事情毫无意义,只想做“自己想做的事情”,却连什么是“自己想做的事情”都不知道。 害怕自己的人生就这么平淡的结束,但却一直没有找到改变的契机……

    Why similar: Casual 45.3%, Indie 40.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%

  10. #10 Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation
    92% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2017
    Dev: Dischan Media
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a kinetic novel and a prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos. It uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story and follows Winter Harrison during her first week at mediator school.

    Why similar: Casual 41.9%, Indie 34.5%, Visual Novel 23.6%

  11. #11 日陰の日葵 - sun in the shade
    84% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
    Dev: 斜塔ソンブレロ
    Windows

    High school student Hiroyuki Nasukawa, whose father is a piano tuner, aspires to become a respectable adult. Yet he resorts to cheating on a test. Unsurprisingly, he gets caught. The punishment imposed on him was unexpectedly, “Please repair the school's piano.”

    Why similar: Text-Based 35.2%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Indie 16.1%, Emotional 13.8%, Psychological 12.5%

  12. #12 Anxiety Puppy
    83% matchVery Positive96% of 250 reviews2025
    Dev: 小狗工作室Pub: Erabit
    Windows

    Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.

    Why similar: Text-Based 28.8%, Psychological 20.8%, Emotional 16%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Casual 13%

  13. #13 Heal Hitler
    88% matchMostly Positive75% of 226 reviews2021
    Dev: Jon Aegis
    Windows

    POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.

    Why similar: Text-Based 31.5%, Casual 24.2%, Psychological 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Indie 6.1%

  14. #14 Sunset's Ashes
    91% matchVery Positive87% of 164 reviews2016
    Dev: Fifth One
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 27%

    Experience the short story of Alex and Nic as they share memories with each other while climbing a mountain together for the first time. For years, Alex has been going for climbs, and trying to get Nic to join. It’s a chance for them to remember their lives together and know why this climb is so important.

    Why similar: Casual 39.7%, Indie 35%, Visual Novel 25.3%

  15. #15 The Blind Of The New World
    86% matchVery Positive97% of 102 reviews2021
    Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
    Windows

    One day, as he is walking through this bustling city of monotony, moving through the crowds of people all dressed exactly the same... Something actually stands out—a girl dressed in a traditional school uniform from ages past…

    Why similar: Text-Based 37.8%, Casual 28.9%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Indie 8.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%

  16. #16 Golem Creation Kit
    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2017
    Dev: Illuminated GamesPub: AAD Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Race against the clock to defeat the angry mobs that want to burn you out. Grab virtually anything -- sand dunes, animals, buildings, mountaintops. Then throw everything in your cauldron and turn it into unstoppable engines of pixellated 16-bit terror!

    Why similar: Casual 41%, Indie 33.8%, Visual Novel 25.2%

  17. #17 Lasting Solstice
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GudeNeko
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    After suffering from amnesia, Kazu tries his best to regain his former self. Without his memories, he has trouble remembering close friends and family. With the help of old and new friends along the way, Kazu slowly goes on to his path through self-discovery.

    Why similar: Casual 49.4%, Indie 40.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%

  18. #18 Genius!
    87% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2020
    Dev: Hypoxanthine
    Windows

    Mettez à l'épreuve le côté absurde de votre cerveau en répondant entre amis aux questions les plus déjantées de l'agent Roger Dedroin !

    Why similar: Casual 44.5%, Indie 36.7%, Text-Based 18.8%

  19. #19 Lily of the Valley
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 94 reviews2017
    Dev: ebi-hime
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Following his mother's death, a young man meets a strange young girl in the Welsh countryside.

    Why similar: Casual 40.4%, Indie 33.2%, Visual Novel 26.4%

  20. #20 CATharsis
    86% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2020
    Dev: MIYAKOpubl
    Windows

    STORY:This is a visual novel and adventure game set in the present day.(It is not an otome game.)

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Casual 24.7%, Text-Based 21.4%, Indie 20.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  21. #21 Her Lie I Tried To Believe - Extended Edition
    85% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2020
    Dev: Hangover Cat PurrroductionPub: Hangover Cat Purrroduction
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Her Lie I Tried To Believe follows the unhealthy relationship of a man and a woman who, through a series of fateful encounters, become deeply entangled with one another all the while still being haunted by their pasts.

    Why similar: Casual 39.4%, Indie 32.5%, Psychological 17.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%

  22. #22 Blue Lemon
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pixel Kinematics
    Windows

    In this game, you will play as Stefan Pierce, a teenager who suffers memory loss which makes him remember nothing but his name. Now let's find out what is exactly happen to you!

    Why similar: Psychological 31.1%, Casual 28.4%, Indie 22.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%

  23. #23 The Adventures of Bunny and Pig
    78% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2025
    Dev: Li Min
    Windows

    It's a short, text-based interactive book with a psychological theme.▶TRIGGER WARNING◀ Contains childhood trauma, suicidal thoughts, and emotional abuse, but ultimately conveys hope and growth.

    Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Psychological 26.3%, Emotional 17.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Indie 9.7%

  24. #24 终末之名 ending name
    78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: endingn
    Windows

    "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 29.8%, Casual 26.6%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Indie 16%, Singleplayer 3%

  25. #25 前進吧!高捷少女Initiating Station PLUS
    82% matchVery Positive96% of 123 reviews2020
    Dev: NarratorPub: SimonCreative
    Windows

    Next station, towards the future with youThe original 2016 visual novel 《高捷少女IS》is now on steam!In addition to all the original content and fully voiced (Chinese) dialogue, four whole new chapters and CGs are ready for you to explore.

    Why similar: Casual 47.4%, Indie 38.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%

  26. #26 Penny Black
    81% matchVery Positive95% of 104 reviews2018
    Dev: Bobby Zeal
    Windows

    A text only dating simulator, created using BBC Basic for Windows!

    Why similar: Text-Based 59.6%, Indie 40.4%

  27. #27 The Mermaid of Zennor
    75% 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: Text-Based 23.7%, Emotional 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological 15.4%, Casual 13.6%

  28. #28 The Cells
    80% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2018
    Dev: CasGames
    Windows

    Put the colored cubes in rows both horizontally and vertically. The completed series is erased and frees the place.

    Why similar: Casual 52.7%, Indie 43.4%, Singleplayer 4%

  29. #29 Inside The Mirror
    76% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2020
    Dev: Stairs Productions
    Windows · Mac

    Yumi was just another normal girl living happily together with her family. Now, her family has fallen apart, and Yumi finds it difficult to stay motivated in her day-to-day life, crushed by a growing well of darkness, slowly consuming her from the inside out.

    Why similar: Casual 47.9%, Indie 39.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%

  30. #30 DeeperRed2028-WeAreEscape-
    76% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2020
    Dev: Kiulija Theater
    Windows

    二〇二六年,东京湾超大地震,弓形列岛开始了缓慢的沉没。 身患绝症的少女·樱叶栞,反而在灾难中看到了新生的希望。 二〇二八年的某一天,日本沉没一周年。网文写手·柳生和泉(本名:刘虹桥),在自家大院撞上了某一难民。于此同时,姓名奇特的麻将少女·吕南雀十三幺,从遥远的南方乘硬座前来投奔柳生。

    Why similar: Casual 50.2%, Indie 41.4%, Visual Novel 8.4%

  31. #31 You, With Me - A Kinetic Novel
    81% matchMostly Negative32% of 34 reviews2017
    Dev: Afterthought Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    You, With Me is set mainly in Singapore of an expat couple who had the perfect plan, a perfect getaway for the holidays. However, everything is turned into dust as news come out of the main character's illness. Truly, will pretending that everything is normal give you a sense of normalcy?

    Why similar: Text-Based 35.3%, Emotional 22.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Casual 12.4%, Indie 9.5%

  32. #32 霎时晴荫
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 102 reviews2018
    Dev:
    Windows · Mac

    这是一个宅系欢乐电波向恋爱文字游戏。 命运编织的万千繁枝茂叶。化作霎时间的荫蔽, ‘这次,轮到我成为你们的晴荫了。’

    Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Indie 34%, Visual Novel 24.7%

  33. #33 Planum
    79% matchMostly Negative33% of 48 reviews2018
    Dev: CONVEY StudiosPub: Metal Fox
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 12%

    PLANUM is a 2D platformer in which you will operate an aircraft

    Why similar: Casual 50.1%, Indie 43.2%, Singleplayer 6.7%

  34. #34 Juniper's Knot
    77% matchVery Positive95% of 326 reviews2017
    Dev: Dischan Media
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Juniper's Knot is a short (~30 mins) kinetic novel about the meeting of a demon and a boy. A kinetic novel is a game that uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story.

    Why similar: Casual 35.4%, Indie 31.1%, Visual Novel 30.5%, Singleplayer 3%

  35. #35 Squares Story
    75% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2020
    Dev: 3000White
    Windows

    You were living happily with your wife. Suddenly one day, an octopus flew down from the sky and rolled away her. Sart your adventure to save your wife.

    Why similar: Casual 54.2%, Indie 44.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%

  36. #36 Twaddle Paddle
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Particulitis
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    1 pixel brick breaker on steroids

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  37. #37 Approaching Blocks
    79% matchMixed65% of 342 reviews2016
    Dev: Dymchick1
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Play and study foreign words! Try dodge from blocks. When you loss, showing words in a foreign language. To complete each level hold 100 seconds. First two levels are quite simple, but starting from the third, it will be hard.

    Why similar: Indie 50.2%, Casual 46.4%, Singleplayer 3.4%

  38. #38 Scorch
    74% matchVery Positive83% of 317 reviews2018
    Dev: Ellie's Lunchbox
    Windows

    It's been 30 years since a terrible arson attack erased an entire family. Until today the culprit has been on the loose. You are sent to investigate a similar incident in this narrative exploration game.

    Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

  39. #39 Wishes In Pen: Chrysanthemums in August - Otome Visual Novel
    65% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LunanierePub: Sekai Project
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A girl from modern Tokyo has slipped back in time and right into the end of an era: The final throes of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the war it brought with them. With lives, her survival, and her heart at stake, will this 21st century city girl find a way back?

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  40. #40 Griefer
    74% matchMixed69% of 100 reviews2018
    Dev: CuberzPub: CasGame
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 19%

    Griefer - is an arkanoid game where you need to break level and don't lost the ball !

    Why similar: Casual 53.5%, Indie 46.5%

  41. #41 Answer The Question
    70% matchVery Positive98% of 138 reviews2018
    Dev: Penny McDonaldPub: Say Again Studio
    Windows

    This game is called answer the question you get infinite questions its a game about math. If you are studying and want to play a game choose this one this game has addition so start playing and get smart!

    Why similar: Casual 52.9%, Indie 47.1%

  42. #42 Starship Clicker
    73% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2017
    Dev: Circumlocutory Games
    Windows

    A science fiction clicker with an arcade twist.

    Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

  43. #43 BLARP!
    73% matchVery Positive95% of 175 reviews2016
    Dev: Isaac Cohen
    Windows

    BLARP! is a fun-filled physics game build for the HTC Vive. BLARP! uses our intuitive understanding of motions and physics to create an active / addictive experience that is playable by anyone who has ever swung a racket, played with a yoyo, or held a rope.

    Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

  44. #44 Total 15
    72% matchNegative21% of 18 reviews2018
    Dev: Softwaves MiniPub: HandMade Games
    Windows

    Challenge your problem-solving skills in this game.

    Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

  45. #45 Morgan lives in a Rocket House in VR
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2017
    Dev: Fold Up Studios
    Windows

    MORGAN LIVES IN A ROCKET HOUSE is a short little cartoon about Morgan, a kid marooned on an alien planet light years from Earth. Come join Morgan for the first episode of Morgan lives in a Rocket House in VR!

    Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

  46. #46 Love all you have left
    72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
    Dev: Attila D.
    Windows

    Psychological thriller set at the Eastern-Front during World War II.

    Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

  47. #47 Kukoo Kitchen
    69% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2018
    Dev: Questtracers
    Windows

    Cook with an intergalactic canine confectioner and serve up tasty treats to extra-terrestrials in this Time Management game!

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  48. #48 Magic Heroes: Save Our Park
    71% match5 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2017
    Dev: AnaWiki Games
    Windows · Mac

    Save the city park from demolition! A mysterious but well-loved old lady everyone just calls "Granny" has been living in the park for longer than anyone can remember. Now, the park has fallen into disarray and the city has decided to sell the land off to a greedy real estate developer to be turned into condos.

    Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

  49. #49 Jewel Tree
    68% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
    Dev: Joyful Software GamesPub: Dikobraz Games
    Windows

    Can you string together a series of perfect puzzle-matching levels and make your way to the top of the Jewel Tree?

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  50. #50 Donut Distraction
    73% matchNo user reviews2017
    Dev: MSFX Ltd
    Windows

    Ever wanted to be an Elephant and catch, dodge and destroy donuts with your trunk?? NOW YOU CAN!!

    Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

  51. #51 Colorful Life
    70% matchMixed52% of 27 reviews2017
    Dev: Oneironaut Academy LLC
    Windows

    In the dark, colorless dungeons underground there remains only four blobs of color who struggle to survive as they attempt to escape. That doesn't mean that they've lost their personalities though!

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  52. #52 Bounce
    68% matchMixed59% of 150 reviews2018
    Dev: Mikhail MelnikovPub: SA Industry
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%

    Bounce-puzzle game in which you have to apply your knowledge of geometry in practice to ricochet to remove all the pieces on the level.

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  53. #53 Brain Storm : Tower Bombarde
    69% matchMixed53% of 40 reviews2017
    Dev: SaintHeiserPub: Half-Face Games
    Windows

    "The best defense is offense" is the wrong slogan for this game. "The best offense is defense" - there is the tactic that can help you survive in virtual world.

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  54. #54 Sound Soarer
    69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
    Dev: Bjarki Arge Andreasen
    Windows

    Ever wanted to soar around on top of an 3D audio visualizer? Then you will enjoy the maluable playgrounds in different visually stunning universes that the game offers. All governed by music.

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  55. #55 Firebird - The Unfinished
    66% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2018
    Dev: InnerspaceVR
    Windows

    Behold, the new episode of the award-winning FIREBIRD SERIES for virtual reality ! The Unfinished is a magical musical experience in virtual reality, with music from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and beautiful ballet performances.

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  56. #56 Jumper Tree
    66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
    Dev: SaintHeiserPub: Half-Face Games
    Windows

    Plant trees in a grid-based map to complete each of 120 levels.

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  57. #57 The Ball Encounter
    66% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2018
    Dev: XiaogengXu
    Windows

    The enemy balls that have many types and powerful skills and they try to attack our base. Our defence tower will automatically launch attack but is not enough to stop the balls, doing the magic skills in a good diverse way is key that could protect our base as a capable defenser.

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

  58. #58 Chronoraptor
    64% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2019
    Dev: Studio 73
    Windows

    Use time-travel clones to return artifacts stolen from the past by a futuristic time-traveling raptor.

    Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

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