Games Like Time To Live

Elevator Pitch is a narrative-driven game where you pitch ideas you come up with during elevator rides right before presenting to your boss. Build a strong pitch navigate branching conversations, and rise through the floors of a satirical office tower.

Why similar: Life Sim 39.2%, Simulation 25.2%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, 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 14.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%

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 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Visual Novel 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 17.4%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%

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 26.5%, 1990's 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Simulation 8.9%

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 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Text-Based 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%

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 18.7%, Simulation 14%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%

「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 37.9%, Text-Based 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Story Rich 10%, Visual Novel 9.8%

「Princess Maker: Children of Revelation」is a raising simulation game that returns after 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 43.8%, Simulation 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%, 2D 6.3%

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 29.4%, Text-Based 18.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Simulation 9.5%

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 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Text-Based 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Choices Matter 16.7%

You are a dungeon warden. Sitting in the chair of the previous warden you killed, you must cleanse yourself of your sins within 666 hours. Place the incoming demons into six different dungeons based on your information, intuition, and limited resources.

Why similar: Life Sim 44.9%, Simulation 29.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, 2D 8.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%

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 24.1%, Text-Based 16.4%, 1990's 11%, Simulation 10.5%, Old School 7.9%

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

Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 12%, Simulation 9.5%

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 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%

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 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Hand-drawn 8.1%

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 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Simulation 12.5%, Old School 12.2%, Visual Novel 11%

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

Why similar: Life Sim 30.5%, Text-Based 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Simulation 9.2%, 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 29%, Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Simulation 9.2%

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 32.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%

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 28.7%, Text-Based 25.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Simulation 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%

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 47.5%, Simulation 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, 2D 9.3%, Story Rich 4.3%

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 22.2%, Simulation 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%

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 14.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Anime 7.6%

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 28.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Simulation 14.2%, Choices Matter 10%

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 24.6%, Text-Based 17.2%, 1990's 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Simulation 11.7%

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 40.1%, Simulation 25%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, 2D 6.4%

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 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Simulation 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Cartoony 8.8%

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

Why similar: Life Sim 46.7%, Simulation 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Story Rich 9.7%, 2D 8.3%

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

Why similar: Life Sim 39.3%, 1990's 21.4%, Simulation 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, 2D 5.7%

Run a tiny 90s kiosk in a chaotic Eastern country - Kolkhozland. Serve quirky customers, survive inspections, pick a side in a local power struggle, and uncover a hidden conspiracy - all in a story-driven retro management sim full of humor and choices.

Why similar: Life Sim 36.6%, Simulation 22.6%, 1990's 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 9%, 2D 5.9%

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 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

In "Are You Sure?" you play the role of a husband who, wanting to spice up their sex, convinced his wife to try a one week open marriage adventure. During this week you and your wife will test different things and see if this will improve your relationship or destroy it.

Why similar: Life Sim 33.6%, Text-Based 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Simulation 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%

A visual novel about a man experiencing his family relationships through a state of compressed time. Choose what happened in his past and then watch it play out as you explore family dynamics and the effects that a person's life events can have on the way they interact with others.

Why similar: Life Sim 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%

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 43.7%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Simulation 14.2%, Cartoony 13.5%, Story Rich 8.7%

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 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Simulation 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%

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 31.8%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Simulation 12.6%

Koishi had long turned a blind eye to the weight in his heart — until one day, his mind and body finally gave way. Taking small, unforced steps, he begins to meet himself again. A quiet adventure about hoping to heal, and slowly moving forward.

Why similar: Life Sim 38.2%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 14%, Simulation 12.3%

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 26.2%, Text-Based 24.1%, Old School 19.6%, Choices Matter 15.6%, 2D 5.1%

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 29.1%, 1990's 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%

Shape your fate and live your life. Can you survive in this fantasy world? Can you use the power in your blood? Will luck smile on you? There is one way to learn!

Why similar: Life Sim 33.2%, Text-Based 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Cartoony 5.6%

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 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Hand-drawn 9.6%

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 18.7%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Story Rich 9%

Open a cat hotel where you can pet cats!

Why similar: Life Sim 53.2%, Simulation 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 11%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%

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 26.4%, 1990's 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%

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 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Visual Novel 10%, Simulation 8.5%

Willkommen in der IT-Hölle! Überlebe den Büro-Wahnsinn in diesem textbasierten SysAdmin-Simulator. Kämpfe gegen absurde Tickets, sammle Loot und senke deinen Puls mit Kaffee. Halte Chef-Radar und Aggro niedrig, um bis 16:30 Uhr deinen Job zu behalten – ohne den Monitor aus dem Fenster zu werfen.

Why similar: Life Sim 29.9%, Simulation 17.6%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%

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 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12.3%

I've been summoned to a world of only women! As the only man in the world, the retention of the species depends on him. Can he save the world of harem?!

Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Simulation 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, Anime 10.3%

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 40.9%, Simulation 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%

In this sci-fi RPG/visual novel, you are an extraterrestrial movie director at a low-budget movie studio. Struggle against capitalism, corruption, and your eccentric coworkers to get the movie done on time and under budget.

Why similar: Life Sim 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Simulation 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.3%

English version release on August 22, 2024.The First Vertically Streamer-Recommended Game? You, Enlarged by OBS, Are the Protagonist!In the fictional social media platform "Vitter," you aim to go viral as a VTuber in this game.Not just stream-friendly, but stream-recommended.

Why similar: Simulation 23.9%, Text-Based 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Life Sim 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%

10 participants. A death game that unfolds over 31 days. If you kill another participant, you can take their prize money. An interactive fiction game where the story changes based on your choices. In this dangerous game, choose who to trust and who to betray.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Simulation 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%

A visual novel where your choices determine the future of your relationship and the success of your colony. Choose how to treat your husband and how to spend your free time in this frontier sci-fi story.

Why similar: Life Sim 28.8%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%

In "Melissa's Secret" you play the role of a man whose girlfriend's daughter, Melissa, decided to start a JustFans page. A platform which she uses to sell sexy pics of herself. Since you're the closest thing she has to a male role model, it's your job to talk her out of it.

Why similar: Life Sim 32.3%, Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Simulation 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%

This is a short hentai visual novel about restless girls looking for adventures

Why similar: 1990's 25.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Text-Based 17%, Hand-drawn 13%, 2D 8.9%

矛盾を見つけ、相談者の悩みを解決する怪異判定アドベンチャー

Why similar: Text-Based 27.2%, Simulation 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%

"You are a chat AI" is a simulation game. No real AI is used, and the player pretends to be a chat AI and converses with NPCs. This game consists of two parts: "conversation" and "learning". The appeal of the game is that players who normally use AI can experience being used on the other hand.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Simulation 22.1%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 10%, 2D 8.7%