60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Emotional, Text-Based, Psychological.
Live through the last ten minutes of Juan Fuentes, who has been given the chance to choose his very last words. Captured by Victoriano Huerta's army after the Ten Tragic Days during the Mexican Revolution, Juan will confront his life, death, family, relationships and existence.
Swann's Song
A boy and an old man stand in front a pond, waiting for a swan's song. Meanwhile, they talk about life, death, and the passage of time.
Wanderlust: Transsiberian
Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.
A boy and an old man stand in front a pond, waiting for a swan's song. Meanwhile, they talk about life, death, and the passage of time.
Why similar: Philosophical 26.5%, Text-Based 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 14.6%, Experimental 13.7%, Psychological 12.6%
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.6%, Psychological 14.8%, Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8.6%
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: Psychological 19.9%, Text-Based 19.9%, Philosophical 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Emotional 9.1%
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Historical 14.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Philosophical 25%, Psychological 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Text-Based 11.5%, Experimental 10.6%
Short interactive story-telling 3D platform adventure game. The gameplay is about 45~60 mins.
Why similar: Philosophical 26.2%, Psychological 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Stylized 5.8%
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Historical 18.2%, Text-Based 16.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Philosophical 20%, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Psychological 15.2%, Experimental 15.1%
This is a train to 21C, via 19C. Passengers will require a valid click to use this service. Passengers are advised that this train consists of 9 cars, divided by each era. Please mind the fire. This train is ready to depart, please stand clear of the fire.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Psychological 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Text-Based 10.4%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Psychological 19.5%, Text-Based 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 16.8%, Experimental 15.3%, Psychological 13.9%, Emotional 12.7%
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Philosophical 21.6%, Psychological 13.4%, Emotional 8.5%
An immersive visual novel experience that brings you on a journey through memory, nostalgia, and guilt.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.7%, Psychological 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
Recover an inter-generational story of migration told through real audio recordings of a Lebanese family coming to America in the early 1990's. Maneuver a forgotten strip of audio tape through puzzling landscapes to piece together the voices of the past.
Why similar: Historical 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Philosophical 20%, Psychological 9%, Linear 6.1%
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.8%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Experimental 16.3%, Psychological 15.4%
“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: Philosophical 26.1%, Psychological 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Emotional 9.9%
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Philosophical 20.9%, Experimental 9.8%, Stylized 7.4%
A fantasy visual novel featuring intense action at every turn, following the struggles of a bear trapped in the body of a man. Part II of The Enonoia Saga, and the definitive conclusion to Ovine Replica.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.3%, Text-Based 22.7%, Psychological 19.6%, Emotional 8.2%, Hand-drawn 6.4%
Originally released in 2012, Loving Life is a non-fictional auto-biographical visual novel about Zhenghua Yang (Z) and the near-fatal incident which led to the founding of Serenity Forge. This is where it all began.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Philosophical 19.4%, Text-Based 17.8%, Psychological 11.8%, Emotional 11.3%
❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.2%, Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological 17.1%, Experimental 17.1%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.3%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological 13.1%, Emotional 7.5%
Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".
Why similar: Philosophical 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Psychological 10.7%, Historical 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9%
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: Philosophical 24.2%, Text-Based 19.7%, Psychological 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Emotional 6.2%
When the Wildflowers Leave is an engaging narrative RPG. Stop through an anthology of meteor-stricken towns while carefully convincing each of them to harbor a radical. Commit to decisions shifting you and your companions’ mental dilemmas, and make the choice for or against uncomfortable change.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.9%, Historical 16.8%, Psychological 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Emotional 8.3%
Experience a unique adventure by getting drugs and consuming them in a +70,000 word visualised text game. Explore a hub connecting a variety of locations. Engage in dialogues and read books. Choose different paths to develop several independent storylines in non-linear chronology.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Text-Based 21.9%, Philosophical 21.6%, Psychological 13.6%, Experimental 8.3%
A social critique visual novel exploring the void of contemporary Europe. Through a ruthless comparison between past and present, the player faces a narrative where every choice is an illusion, reflecting the impotence and lack of real change in our historical period.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.9%, Psychological 18.9%, Text-Based 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
Can you fall in love with quilts?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Text-Based 19%, Emotional 12.6%, Historical 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
After shouting "Let Me Play!" to the cast in a theatre, the fiction comes crashing down as everyone, including you, becomes aware they're only following a script. Will you let the play continue? Or will you write your own ending?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Experimental 20.5%, Philosophical 19.4%, Psychological 14.2%, Adventure 6.9%
Run-based story game. Which mistakes would you repeat if you could?
Why similar: Philosophical 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Psychological 12.9%, Atmospheric 3.9%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.5%, Text-Based 39.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Casual 6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Experience a 'painfully human', 'psychological' narrative through dreams and allegory. Live in a flat. Buy things. Use things. Tire yourself out. Sleep. Dream. Wake up. Repeat. And maybe, just maybe, find a Bear in a Pit. What could be scarier than the Bear? Find out.
Why similar: Philosophical 31%, Psychological 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Experimental 16.1%, Stylized 4.6%
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Emotional 13.3%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
Spatial expectations built up and torn down. Spoken word inspired pacing. Ode to bilinguality. Interactive slam poem anthology. Concrete Spaces.
Why similar: Philosophical 24%, Text-Based 17.8%, Experimental 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
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 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Psychological 20.3%, Emotional 10.7%, Hand-drawn 5.4%
A short emotional journey through memory, grief, and healing. Help Íris piece together her fragmented memories and uncover hidden truths. A portion of the sales is donated to AbleGamers Brazil. 🧡🖤
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 21.5%, Historical 20.9%, Philosophical 16.8%, Stylized 4.6%
In Your Books is a short adventure game where you play the granddaughter of a bookseller. After her disappearance you'll have to take the place of your grandmother. Recommend books, learn to know the locals, solve secret mechanisms and discover where she left.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Emotional 10.7%
The Hidden and Unknown is a story-based game, that aims to widen the perception of its audience in the areas of psychology and philosophy.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.9%, Text-Based 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Psychological 17.8%, Linear 4.6%
This game portrays the tragic history of war in a 2D adventure format, set against real events. It provides a realistic experience, encompassing themes of betrayal, death, and love, while also offering multiple endings driven by player choices. Discover the impact of this era's tragedy firsthand.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.6%, Text-Based 21.6%, Historical 20%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots while you talk to your therapist about feeling lost. An interactive short story about trying to make sense out of the unreal. Based on real dreams!
Why similar: Philosophical 34.3%, Experimental 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Emotional 10.8%, Atmospheric 5.8%
Trackless is an atmospheric first-person exploration and puzzle game set in the distant future. Trackless uses text input that allows you to interact with characters and objects. Using your in-game phone will help you find clues and give you special abilities.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Philosophical 19.4%, Text-Based 18.5%, Experimental 11.1%, Casual 8.1%
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Text-Based 26.1%, Psychological 18%, Emotional 8.6%, Story Rich 4.1%
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Psychological 22.7%, Text-Based 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%
I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Philosophical 18.4%, Experimental 15.6%, Psychological 15.4%, Emotional 8.6%
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Philosophical 15.2%, Hand-drawn 6.6%, Psychological 5.9%
Tidal Therapy is a travel novel game for tired adults. A tired office worker heads to the sea. The setting is a quiet and beautiful sea town with a seaside park, warehouse district, and tower condominiums.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Philosophical 18.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Psychological 9%
You find yourself in a singularity with Death itself. With few chances to speak with the living, Death proposes a little game. Do you dive deep within yourself to indulge this cosmic guide and find out when you will meet again on official business? The Ultimate Death Clock awaits!
Why similar: Philosophical 26.9%, Psychological 19.7%, Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Emotional 10.4%
Home is where the stars are. An interactive bedtime story, for anyone who needs one. Take the bear and the little one on a deeply meaningful journey, as you experience stories of togetherness, of letting go and of finding a place you belong.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Philosophical 28.2%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Emotional 7.6%, Casual 6.9%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 21.9%, Philosophical 18.8%, Psychological 14.4%, Emotional 11.1%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.2%, Text-Based 40.1%, Adventure 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%
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: Text-Based 18.8%, Psychological 18.8%, Experimental 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Philosophical 15.3%
A third-person psychological exploration game where you relive fragmented memories in three distorted variations: idyllic, mundane, or horrific -- before escaping the loop to make a choice that affects more than just the past.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Historical 25.9%, Philosophical 18.4%, Psychological 8.6%, Linear 5.2%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Psychological 15.3%, Emotional 9.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%
You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer.
Why similar: Philosophical 36.4%, Psychological 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Adventure 6.5%
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 21.5%, Historical 21.5%, Psychological 12.3%, Emotional 7%
Is the glass half-full or half-empty? What does you answer say about you? Explore your outlook on life by filling glasses with your friend Tea-Total in Hydrodynamics of Hope & Optimism (in short, H2O). But are you ready to hear those answers? Are you reeeeeeeeeally sure?
Why similar: Psychological 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Dialogue Heavy 23.5%, Philosophical 19.4%, Casual 1.6%
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.1%, Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Psychological 19.8%, Stylized 5.1%
A short and unconventional anthology exploring abandonment, depression, domestic abuse, and acceptance. These strange vignettes made with passion use unique mechanics to tell personal stories that linger. Perfect for players who seek sincere, bittersweet experiences.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.9%, Psychological 21%, Experimental 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Emotional 12.5%
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Text-Based 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Psychological 7%, Casual 4.4%
Pilgrimage of angels on an important mission through scenic Japan
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 23.7%, Philosophical 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Hand-drawn 8%
