Games Like Time To Live

A corporate parody JRPG. Battle coworkers, bosses, and the entire board of directors as you fight your way to the top of a satirical office tower. Build your team, master turn-based combat, and survive the most hostile workplace in gaming.

Why similar: Life Sim 39.2%, Simulation 25.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, 2D 7.4%

Jin, a talking liquor bottle with supernatural powers, has given you a mission. Face DRINKRIME's cast of unique characters and force them to confess their crimes. Interrogate them together and make those wrongdoers come to terms with their guilt!

Why similar: 1990's 37.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Text-Based 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%

A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?

Why similar: Life Sim 29.1%, Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Visual Novel 9%

This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

Why similar: Life Sim 26.8%, 1990's 16.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Simulation 8.8%

The pioneering nakige that made a generation cry... Legendary '90s visual novel ONE. is back and better than ever with updated art, animations, and features!

Why similar: 1990's 24.5%, Old School 17.6%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Raise a Zanmi egg at the "Academie des Zœufs". Care for it, choose its activities and training, and build relationships with the other students to shape its growth in this character-raising simulation. What kind of Zanmi will you raise?

Why similar: Life Sim 29.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 12.3%, Simulation 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%

More than a visual novel: explore campus, plan each day, use an interactive phone, discover dynamic events, earn achievements, and unlock character outfits through a cosmetic gacha system that never affects the story, choices, or in-game economy. What will tomorrow be? Chose on you.

Why similar: Life Sim 39%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Story Rich 8.9%

Princess Maker: Children of Revelation is a raising simulation game that returns after nearly 18 years as part of the Princess Maker package series, where you raise a young girl into adulthood. Become a parent in the game and help fulfill your daughter's dreams!

Why similar: Life Sim 42.9%, Simulation 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%, 2D 6.2%

The 14th straight day of crunch. Then your heart stops — and a voice asks: would you start over? Begin again at age zero, making new choices across school, love, work, life, and death. 31 endings, 17 companions, 10 career paths — what kind of life will you choose this time?

Why similar: Life Sim 29.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 14%, Text-Based 11.3%, Simulation 9.9%

A fashion game where your unique, cute style comes to life! Become a new model, enjoy fashion, work, and sometimes romance, while aiming to become a top model!

Why similar: Life Sim 25.8%, Text-Based 18.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Choices Matter 12%, Visual Novel 10%

A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

Why similar: 1990's 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%

Listen to your customers, find out what they really want, and search for the right property to recommend in this real estate simulation and story-driven adventure. Work alongside your boss, Hisui Odate, at a small neighborhood agency and help each customer find a place they can truly call home.

Why similar: Life Sim 25.2%, 1990's 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Atmospheric simulator of the seller in a night stall of the 1993 model. Immerse yourself in the melancholy of the sleeping area: sell goods, count the change and communicate with customers.

Why similar: 1990's 32.2%, Life Sim 31.7%, Simulation 20.7%, Story Rich 7.4%, Choices Matter 4.9%

Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800.

Why similar: Life Sim 23.7%, Text-Based 16.3%, 1990's 11%, Simulation 10.5%, Old School 8%

「これから私が話すのは、かみさまが作った、にせものの世界の終わりの物語」これは、愛と狂気と猟奇の惑星と——「僕」の終わりの物語。午前４時、終焉を待つ不死鳥と、罪を犯した僕と君の最期のひととき。過去作「偽物ワールズエンド」完結編 最終章「午前４時のまにまに -偽物ワールズエンド-」

Why similar: 1990's 38.1%, Text-Based 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%

It is a multi-ending novel game depicting the fan of VTuber "Toaru" "Hinade-chan" and "I" go to an off-line meeting and finish the off-line meeting.

Why similar: Simulation 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Text-Based 18.2%, Choices Matter 16.5%

Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.

Why similar: Life Sim 29.3%, Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Simulation 9.5%

Mistel Garden is a cozy school RPG/fantasy Visual Novel similar to ‘Princess Maker’. The player raises a child to become a hero, a magical prodigy or uncover ancient secrets. You choose school lessons, work and activities to navigate the events of the story and (hopefully) get a good ending!

Why similar: Life Sim 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Simulation 11.5%, Hand-drawn 8.1%

Become friends or foes with the three most notorious criminals at your school as you help them transform into pop idols and compete in a nearby contest! A short, quick game with six possible endings!

Why similar: Simulation 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Guide your character through it all, from their birth to their last breath. Make sure they remember you.

Why similar: Life Sim 30.3%, Text-Based 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Simulation 9.2%, Choices Matter 7.2%

A visual novel video game which allows you to woo the most powerful figures of the French Revolution. Be careful to stay on everyone's good side, or you might just lose your head.

Why similar: Life Sim 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Cartoony 8.9%

What to do when your days are not going well? What to do when you need to wake up and manage a troubled life, in which you need to work, eat well and still have time for yourself? Isolated Room is about that, and maybe a little more.

Why similar: Life Sim 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Simulation 10.4%

Books for Bad Neighbors is a narrative-based bookshop simulation game where you're a bookshop clerk, fulfill mail orders, and discover everyone's secrets.

Why similar: 1990's 28.5%, Simulation 22.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Choices Matter 7.3%

Lera & Nia just arrived! Your father is sending two young girls to live with you but why? how? Are you the big brother you think you are?

Why similar: Life Sim 28.8%, Text-Based 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Simulation 9.2%

A life simulation game where you create your dream home and farm. Escape the busy and crowded city to restore a forgotten land in northeastern Thailand, and discover the warmth of rural life in Na Sarp Village.

Why similar: Life Sim 47.4%, Simulation 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, 2D 9.2%, Story Rich 4.4%

Help Jun, a self described "chronic over-thinker" make decisions at his new school with friends, conflicts, and romance in this Shounen-ai, anime style, coming of age story! This game offers a visual gallery with over 35 art to unlock, beautiful scenery, music, visual effects, and sound effects!

Why similar: Life Sim 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Old School 12.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%

Your child joined the school concert band. Somehow, you ended up its director. Scold the ones who skip rehearsal and the band gets better. That evening, your child doesn't say much. Three years. Nine endings.

Why similar: Life Sim 33.7%, Simulation 22%, Text-Based 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%

If you like big girls, this is the game for you. Play as a college student trying to find love in a city full of giant ladies. 5 lovely ladies to woo, 5 stats to manage, and 10 endings to reach. Can you fall in love before you graduate?

Why similar: 1990's 26.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

A romance simulation set in your final semester before graduation. Build a special relationship with your professor through grades, assignments, exams, and dialogue. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.

Why similar: Text-Based 27.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Simulation 16.4%, Old School 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%

Please note: This game does not support English at current stage. 《小厨杂记》是一款融合了烹饪元素的视觉小说，通过为食客端上不同的菜肴与食客对话，并最终达成不同的结局。

Why similar: Text-Based 28.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Simulation 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%

A short visual novel about dealing with loss. You explore a festival filled with old memories and regret. Where the voices of the dead never stay quite dead. Will you manage to change, before it's too late?

Why similar: Text-Based 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Simulation 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.6%

After losing your job, you return to your hometown to rebuild your life—and your family house. But you’re not alone. Two old friends, Lola and Mira, offer to help you renovate… and maybe build something more.

Why similar: Life Sim 24.3%, Text-Based 16.9%, 1990's 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Simulation 11.7%

You didn't want to spend your summer at the beach, but after being dragged there by your friend, you decide to make the most of it! Meet four unique girls and spend time with them to unlock and uncover their hidden stories, and maybe even fall in love in this heart-throbbing, rom-com visual novel!

Why similar: Life Sim 22%, Simulation 19.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%

Run a music talent agency and make platinum-selling records!

Why similar: Life Sim 39%, 1990's 21.6%, Simulation 18%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, 2D 5.6%

Whimsical adventure game tells the journey of a wizard named Wander [_]>

Why similar: Life Sim 46.5%, Simulation 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Story Rich 9.8%, 2D 8.2%

Mirror Drama is a story-focused RPG where everyday conversations become turn-based battles. Follow Shunta as he navigates his daily life, friendships, and the mysterious reflection that haunts his past.

Why similar: Life Sim 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Simulation 8.2%

Live an unpredictable life shaped by evolving choices, random opportunities, and the habits you build over decades. Grow your skills, build wealth, form relationships, and discover which unique Life Archetype your story becomes.

Why similar: Life Sim 37.9%, Simulation 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, 2D 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%

A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.

Why similar: 1990's 22.1%, Text-Based 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Story Rich 9.1%

In "New Intern" you play the role of a man who's the CEO of an important marketing corporation. The game starts when a new employee, Sophie, takes a position as your intern. It's your responsibility to guide and groom Sophie to become a successful, productive asset for the company

Why similar: Life Sim 28.6%, Text-Based 25.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Simulation 12.7%, Choices Matter 9%

An interactive card game that stirs memories and emotions. In silence, the cards speak, touching the depths of the heart. Philosophical space and tension quietly envelop the players.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Become the father of Hinata, a 4th-grader, and face three years of junior high entrance exams. Each week, choose study or play, raise her deviation score, aim for her dream school. But what's really being tested is your relationship, not her grades. Which of the 11 endings awaits you?

Why similar: Life Sim 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Text-Based 17%, Simulation 11.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%

A simulation SLG (Simulated Management) game that simulates working life in a modern city. In the game, you will play as a young graduate starting a magical working journey.

Why similar: Life Sim 40%, Simulation 25%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, 2D 6.3%

"Why did it come to this?" That's what the protagonist asks, his body and mind worn to the breaking point. From there begins a journey of rediscovering the self he had long neglected. A small action at a time, he plods forward — slowly, haltingly — toward recovery.

Why similar: Life Sim 38.1%, Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Simulation 12.3%

『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Simulation 9.5%

The Year is 1665 and the Great Plague has struck London. Guide your family through the darkest period of English history as you flee across the country. Navigate 100s of random events that challenge your ethics and your drive to survive.

Why similar: Life Sim 31.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Simulation 12.6%

Welcome to Jiabao Tower Property Management.The night shift has begun. Your job is simple: answer calls, check the manual, and fill out the forms. When the night feels slow, watch some TV—though the programs may seem strange.Remember: serve every resident well. Jiabao Tower is our home forever.

Why similar: 1990's 29.1%, Text-Based 28.3%, Simulation 20.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, 2D 4.1%

An analog horror adventure where you work as a staff member at the uncanny facility named Sunberry Care Center, which is dedicated to the treatment of a mysterious disease called Sunberry Syndrome.

Why similar: 1990's 26.4%, Text-Based 23.9%, Old School 19.9%, Choices Matter 15.4%, 2D 5%

Three beautiful women! But two of them are secretly androids! Play as himbo Flex Hamstring, choose between Anika, Mina, and KIMBOT 3000, and avoid the machinations of the evil Richard Spunk in this hilarious love letter to classic PC dating sims!

Why similar: Life Sim 26.1%, 1990's 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Visual Novel 10%

Welcome to IT hell! Survive as GlobalCorp's only sysadmin – for a single day or a whole week. Fight absurd tickets, collect loot and lower your pulse with coffee. Keep the boss radar and your aggro down to still have a job at 16:30 – without throwing your monitor out of the window.

Why similar: Life Sim 29.7%, Simulation 17.5%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%

You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?

Why similar: Life Sim 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Simulation 8.4%

Open a cat hotel where you can pet cats!

Why similar: Life Sim 53.1%, Simulation 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%

This game has three erotic episodes and features multiple voice selection, a multitude of options and game path, animations and 4K renders.

Why similar: Life Sim 28.8%, 1990's 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Simulation 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%

Leo Pujols is just a wholesome man with a simple calling: open up a butt tattoo parlor. The historic town of Las Nalgas will never be the same. In this visual novel, your choices decide the fate of Leo and Las Nalgas. Also, you draw tattoos on butt cheeks.

Why similar: Life Sim 16.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Hand-drawn 12.4%

A hazy, dreamlike visual novel with a touch of the surreal. Step behind the bar of a mysterious, ethereal space. Craft cocktails, share quiet conversations, and connect with your guests' hearts. Mix drinks as you please, and lose yourself in this gentle, dreamlike world.

Why similar: Simulation 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

这是一段关于幸福的故事。不谙世事的鸟儿，跌跌撞撞地前进，找寻着关于幸福的答案。在鸟儿与重要之人度过的时而温暖、时而令人啼笑皆非的日子里，心的色彩逐渐累积。碧色、赤色、湛蓝……待到映射出“自我”与“梦想”的光谱被拼凑出后，在银白色的雪花中，幸福的答案将会揭晓。

Why similar: Life Sim 24.1%, Text-Based 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%

To Build a Home is a 2D life simulation game. Inspired in equal parts in The Sims and Dwarf Fortress, the simplified graphics hide a complex AI and deep interactions between characters and objects, the perfect environment for rich emergent behaviour.

Why similar: Life Sim 40.8%, Simulation 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%

A chat dating sim game inspired by Mystic Messenger, VTuber communities, and internet spam

Why similar: Life Sim 18.7%, Text-Based 17.5%, 1990's 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%

Recruit AI bandmates with their own looks and stories, run a maid café together, and turn everyday moments into songs. Every album is generated live for your story—no two bands sound alike. Take music that's yours alone from a street-corner livehouse to the city's biggest stage.

Why similar: Life Sim 41.6%, Simulation 25%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Anime 8.1%, 2D 7.8%

扮演一位能够管理高中生周末学习生活的全托教师，通过计划版周五安排他们的周末日程，一直持续三年。你可以让他们周末补课，冲击高考；也可以让他们随心所欲，增长见识；更可以让他们培养兴趣，为理想努力。3年后的高考是你高光时间。而多年后他们会回来，看看你培养出来的未来之子吧！

Why similar: Life Sim 43.4%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Cartoony 13.8%, Story Rich 8.8%