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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Singleplayer, Atmospheric, Indie.

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Snow, dullness, depression. Constant dissatisfaction with work and superiors and feeling like there is no escape. Is this what life will always be? Perhaps… but I can always hope for change to be just around the corner!…

Reviews: Very Positive — 84% — of 608 reviews
Released: 2016-08-10
Developer: DeXP
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Median playtime: 2.7 hrs
Mean playtime: 17.2 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 86%

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    97% matchVery Positive92% of 275 reviews2020
    Dev: Lunatic Works
    Windows · Mac

    For Tan Yan, there is little hope his life will change. It's like his whole life is trapped inside a snowdome, unable to escape. But, what if, one day, he's given the chance to make a change?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Anime 18.4%, Text-Based 14%, Linear 10.8%, Indie 9.6%

  2. #2 Snowfall's Mystery
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 119 reviews2025
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

    A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

    Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Romance 10.6%, Indie 9.8%

  3. #3 HOPE: Winter Tale
    96% matchVery Positive99% of 82 reviews2024
    Dev: PanelkaGamesPub: 7DOTS
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Every New Year is similar to the previous one. No friends, no family, no magic. But what if a fairy tale exists? And everything can change? HOPE: Winter Tale is a story about a man who has lost his all taste for life. But one winter night, everything changed.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Anime 22.6%, Romance 20.1%, Emotional 13.3%, Adventure 8%

  4. #4 HOPE LEFT ME
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 878 reviews2023
    Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%

    You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Text-Based 19.8%, Anime 16.3%, Indie 10.9%, Casual 8.3%

  5. #5 The Frosty Leaves 寒叶下的薄冰
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2018
    Dev: 凝冰剑斩
    Windows

    This is a tragedy cause by illegal plant collecting. The main character, Leng Xiaobing, was a normal shop keeper form a grocery store, but ever things changed after she met a strange man…

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Indie 16.7%, Anime 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Emotional 8.7%

  6. #6 ШХД: ЗИМА / IT'S WINTER
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 872 reviews2019
    Dev: ИЛЬЯМАЗО
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 30 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%

    Panel houses, snow, overcast sky, tiny kitchen, shabby staircase… It's Winter is an indie game which genre could be classified as sandbox, post-soviet, sad 3d, russian sadness. Nothing awaits you: there is no chance to get out, no room for adventures and breathtaking plot.

    Why similar: Indie 45.8%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Casual 14.9%, Simulation 14.1%, Singleplayer 5.6%

  7. #7 My Therapy
    93% matchVery Positive96% of 334 reviews2022
    Dev: Suvorov Mikhail
    Windows · Linux

    A visual novel about cute melancholic girls!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Anime 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Romance 8%, Casual 7%

  8. #8 How Much for the Body in the Freezer
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 169 reviews2026
    Dev: RenkaPub: Renka LH 02
    Windows

    Short visual novel. An all-too-familiar story, born from an all-too-familiar motive, on an all-too-familiar street.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Anime 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 14%, Cartoon 13%

  9. #9 Room of Depression
    92% matchMostly Positive75% of 870 reviews2023
    Dev: FirePillar2Pub: IndieArk
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    "Same encounter, different world." Moon is a young woman who lives an ordinary city life as an office worker. However, because she suffers from depression, she reacts and deals with things in a way that is very different from regular city folk.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Emotional 21%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 10.5%, Casual 7.5%

  10. #10 氷点下30度の絶望
    91% matchVery Positive97% of 358 reviews2025
    Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
    Windows

    可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Text-Based 11.2%, Story Rich 8.7%

  11. #11 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
    90% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
    Dev: Peace & Love Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Indie 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Casual 7.5%

  12. #12 Tiny Snow
    88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,177 reviews2019
    Dev: #workshopPub: NVLMaker
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 61.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    On the snowy mountain, in the wooden hut, we are tied together by the world. She and "I" can only love each other, we cannot be separated. Is this free affection, or manipulated love? A short visual novel with multiple endings, "Tiny Snow", a story with two girls, and you who know what love is.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Anime 20.1%, Indie 17.5%, Romance 9.6%, Casual 6.6%

  13. #13 Actual Sunlight
    89% matchMostly Positive74% of 618 reviews2014
    Dev: WZOGI
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    A short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation.

    Why similar: Indie 53.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Adventure 15.5%, Story Rich 8.4%, Singleplayer 3.9%

  14. #14 Depression The Game
    89% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
    Dev: DeepWorks Studios
    Windows

    Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Emotional 19%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Story Rich 8.1%

  15. #15 Monologue: Winter melancholy
    86% matchVery Positive83% of 77 reviews2023
    Dev: ProjectKukuevo
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 39.5%, Text-Based 31.2%, Adventure 9.5%, Emotional 8.8%, 2D 5.8%

  16. #16 Lonely in the Winter
    87% matchVery Positive92% of 58 reviews2018
    Dev: SoyeRPub: Araplay
    Windows

    Embark on the journey of Robbery Cold, a former soldier of the Kingdom of Thaltas, now living as a mercenary since a terrible tragedy struck his life, with his wife dying due to an incurable disease.

    Why similar: Indie 25.7%, Anime 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Casual 10.2%, Adventure 9.9%

  17. #17 Bad Faith
    86% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
    Dev: Mado
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Anime 19.5%, Emotional 16.8%, Text-Based 15%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

  18. #18 Wish You All The Best
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: happiness临时制作组Pub: 灵虚之幽
    Windows

    On a winter afternoon, she sees that familiar face again. But what does it matter? He was never hers to keep...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 37.4%, Anime 28.1%, Casual 18.5%, Indie 12.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%

  19. #19 Pandemic Love
    85% matchVery Positive93% of 233 reviews2021
    Dev: Red Skald
    Windows

    A short visual novel about isolation. You try to search for comfort in the lonesome people around you. Keeping the darkness at bay with small embers of light. Will you let the fear change you?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Anime 20.1%, Emotional 16.3%, Romance 12.4%, 2D 7.6%

  20. #20 This Winter of Ours
    82% matchVery Positive99% of 165 reviews2025
    Dev: VARIA
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Alone as two, together as one - A fantasy/yuri visual novel telling the story of two girls traversing a snow covered forest and growing closer.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 16.5%, Anime 14.4%, Emotional 10.4%

  21. #21 The Winter Mind
    83% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

    This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Text-Based 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

  22. #22 Crimson Gray
    84% matchVery Positive96% of 447 reviews2017
    Dev: Sierra Lee
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Anime 16.2%, Indie 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

  23. #23 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 3,455 reviews2023
    Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Anime 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Adventure 8.2%

  24. #24 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,869 reviews2020
    Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 11%

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Text-Based 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Anime 10.3%

  25. #25 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2024
    Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Anime 17.4%, Emotional 15.8%, Text-Based 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

  26. #26 To Make a Game
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 80 reviews2022
    Dev: TheBluePenguin
    Windows · Linux

    A short meta story about the struggles of procrastination, and never finishing the things you start. Help motivate me, and give me the confidence I need to finish something.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Emotional 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Casual 12.3%, Text-Based 12.2%

  27. #27 Frozen Memories
    79% matchVery Positive96% of 114 reviews2022
    Dev: SKT STUDIO
    Windows

    Is what is recorded in a photograph necessarily true? I don't think so. "But I think that even if it's a fake photo, the emotions of its creator are real after all." She said. So, your memories, then, must be real? Visual novel "Frozen Memories" gives you a fictionalised version of a real memory.

    Why similar: Indie 28.9%, Casual 12.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Visual Novel 10%

  28. #28 Everything Will Be Fine!
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 129 reviews2026
    Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
    Windows

    A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Text-Based 21.8%, Adventure 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Indie 8.3%

  29. #29 i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 142 reviews2023
    Dev: Ricardo Cancela
    Windows

    A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Text-Based 12.5%, Indie 7.2%

  30. #30 Experimentation
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 98 reviews2023
    Dev: Faithy Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Anime 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Linear 8.6%

  31. #31 Mercury Elopement Syndrome
    76% matchVery Positive86% of 148 reviews2026
    Dev: RenkaPub: Renka LH 1
    Windows

    Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 16.5%, Anime 16.1%, Romance 13.6%

  32. #32 Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why
    75% matchVery Positive94% of 456 reviews2026
    Dev: senpiPub: GOGOGOBATO
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "Life sometimes feels like it’s going in circles." Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why is a short pixel art Visual Novel about a girl who tell herself this, forever. Maybe you can try to help her ?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Indie 11.1%

  33. #33 Backspace Backspace Backspace
    77% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: Blue Tango Street
    Windows · Mac

    In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Text-Based 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Emotional 7.5%

  34. #34 Six Days of Snow
    77% matchMostly Positive77% of 467 reviews2017
    Dev: ebi-hime
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    In a small inn located in the snowy Japanese mountains, an unlikely relationship blossoms between a once-popular poet and the daughter of the inn's proprietress.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Anime 16.6%, Snow 12.3%, Romance 10.9%, Indie 9.5%

  35. #35 Five Stages of Pink
    76% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2022
    Dev: Kaffein
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Horror mystery about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city while trying to survive one more day. In a universe where Sleep is an illness. This is a visual novel with point and click features.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Anime 13.9%, Emotional 11.6%, Psychological Horror 6.6%

  36. #36 Disturbed
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 1,865 reviews2016
    Dev: iBlackpen
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Simulation 7.4%

  37. #37 outside the door
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 667 reviews2024
    Dev: basandaika games
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Anime 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

  38. #38 KRAMPEN
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 443 reviews2023
    Dev: GMD13
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Indie 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, 2D 8.7%

  39. #39 Without Romance
    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 203 reviews2020
    Dev: Moonlit Works
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Fairy tale wish of a loveless girl

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Anime 16.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Romance 12.3%, Indie 10.2%

  40. #40 Change
    73% 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: Indie 55.9%, Casual 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%

  41. #41 Snow Clearing Driving Simulator
    74% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2019
    Dev: A NostruPub: My Way Games
    Windows

    Winter is on its peak. Snow is falling and making mess everywhere. Especially on hill peaks temperature is negative. Everything has gone frozen. Movement is difficult in such extreme weather conditions. People are stuck in their homes and shelters. Traffic is jam on highway and swinging hilly roads.

    Why similar: Indie 49.1%, Casual 33%, Simulation 17.9%

  42. #42 Hello my World! Lily.
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2025
    Dev: Black Leaf Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Anime 18.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Emotional 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

  43. #43 Inversed
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 82 reviews2024
    Dev: Tymedust Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Visual Novel 26.8%, Emotional 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Story Rich 4.8%

  44. #44 Locked Up
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 98 reviews2022
    Dev: Coyote's CorpsePub: Akiyamy
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Together with Snezhana and her dog Ayda you will go to the woods for mushroom hunting. An ordinary adventure does not foreshadow adversity, until you decide to step into an uncharted plase… A short but atmospheric visual novel that will give you goosebumps.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Anime 16.2%, Emotional 16%, Linear 12.4%, Indie 8.6%

  45. #45 From Head to Toe
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 106 reviews2019
    Dev: Party for Introverts
    Windows · Mac

    "From Head to Toe" is a short interactive story about winter, existential guilt and your ex-classmates.

    Why similar: Indie 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Emotional 13.1%, Casual 11.6%

  46. #46 Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow
    68% matchVery Positive98% of 87 reviews2026
    Dev: Stick Horse
    Windows

    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: Visual Novel 29.9%, Emotional 20.7%, Anime 17.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Linear 5.6%

  47. #47 Train of Afterlife
    73% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
    Dev: Zeiva Inc
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Indie 19.2%, Anime 16.5%, Casual 8.6%, Adventure 7.4%

  48. #48 Winter ~Life in the Countryside~
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 222 reviews2025
    Dev: Dieselmine
    Windows

    It's your winter vacation. You once again took a trip to the countryside to visit your cousin, Hazuki. Things must have changed a lot since you met her last summer. How has she been doing? Your thoughts wander as you get ready for another trip to the contryside.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Anime 16.3%, Text-Based 12%, Adventure 8%

  49. #49 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,330 reviews2015
    Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".

    Why similar: Visual Novel 48.7%, Anime 26.6%, Indie 10.6%, Emotional 5.9%, Story Rich 4.7%

  50. #50 Your Future Self
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 96 reviews2019
    Dev: Contortionist Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.

    Why similar: Indie 20.1%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Casual 9.8%

  51. #51 Last Resort
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2023
    Dev: Aleksey Izimov
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Dive into the mysterious world of the "Last Resort", a non-linear visual novel where past and future are woven together. His life’s breaking under the weight of life problems. Unable to fight any further, He decides to take his final journey. Will it change anything? Or will it lead Him to the end?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Anime 20.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Romance 11.6%, Simulation 8.5%

  52. #52 TEST TEST TEST
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,006 reviews2024
    Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Anime 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, 2D 10.8%

  53. #53 A Detective's Novel
    71% matchMixed68% of 895 reviews2016
    Dev: Amaterasu Software
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    On a cold November night in a desolate estate deep in the mountains an innocent life has prematurely perished and its up to the player to find out who did it.

    Why similar: Indie 68%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Adventure 9.9%

  54. #54 The Warmth Between Us
    68% matchVery Positive97% of 176 reviews2020
    Dev: Connection
    Windows

    It is late December in Taipei. The pavement glows like silver under the winter rain. That's when we met for the first time. The warmth between us has a certain comfort that I’ve never felt before.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Emotional 17.5%, Anime 16.3%, Romance 15.8%, Indie 11.3%

  55. #55 Cabin Fever
    67% matchVery Positive96% of 487 reviews2021
    Dev: Steamy Buns GamesPub: Sad Panda Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    An off-grid cabin. A tech-savvy loner. One ray of sunshine in a bleak, ruined world. Cabin Fever is a slice-of-life visual novel with meaningful player choices, multiple endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Romance 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Anime 8.8%, Linear 6.9%

  56. #56 Florence
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 16,171 reviews2020
    Dev: MountainsPub: Annapurna Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.

    Why similar: Music 16.3%, Romance 16.3%, Indie 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.2%

  57. #57 Snowman Story
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 140 reviews2023
    Dev: Odencat
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Bundle up and get cozy with this warm winter tale about one snowman's journey to the North Pole. Can he make it there before spring arrives?

    Why similar: Emotional 20.9%, Indie 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Casual 9.6%, Adventure 8.8%

  58. #58 花落冬陽 Snowdreams -lost in winter-
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 262 reviews2022
    Dev: 觀象草圖 Astrolabe DraftPub: 觀象草圖 Astrolabe Draft
    Windows

    《花落冬陽》是一款以「夢想」與「思念」為主題的文字冒險遊戲。故事講述主角謝子臣在追尋作家之夢的過程中遭遇的困境,以及與夏芊帆、雪見兩名少女的戀愛故事。豐富的劇情、精緻的插畫、悠揚的音樂、搭配全中文語音,帶你體驗一段動人的台北冬季戀曲。

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Emotional 16.2%, Anime 15.8%, Romance 15%, Indie 8.5%

  59. #59 The Last Winter Knight
    65% matchVery Positive98% of 64 reviews2026
    Dev: ENDYSIS
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Romance 29.4%, Emotional 18.3%, Story Rich 6.5%, 2D 4.1%

  60. #60 Until Then
    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,815 reviews2024
    Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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: Visual Novel 21.8%, Emotional 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Romance 9.5%

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