Games like Beneath The Cherry Trees

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

72% User Score Based on 53 reviews

Welcome to Elsewhere High, "a school for exceptional children." In this visual novel, players are able to immerse themselves in the world of the outcast. Each student at Elsewhere High has fallen short of expectations at their original high school; they've flunked out, skipped class, wrote threatening notes, or grew to be a reprehensible bully. Friendships spawn, and feuds arise, but amidst the t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elsewhere High: Chapter 1 - A Visual Novel.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

81% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Millia -The ending- is a visual novel made by Millia Soft using Ren'py. The game was successfully funded on kickstarter.com in early 2015. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Millia -The ending-.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

"Red Spider2" is a Hong Kong Noir-themed Visual Novel. There are 6 story routes with the different characters(approximately 200,000 words in total). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Spider2: Exiled.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

87% User Score Based on 274 reviews

Max and his girlfriend Ann are very happy together. They have no arguments, they enjoy spending time with each other, they are in love. What else can they wish? Well, Max, you will get a big surprise this evening... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evening Surprise.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

立刻購入 About the Game　　《東周列萌志》是一款全年齡乙女向文字冒險遊戲，以2300多年前的春秋戰國時期為舞臺，超過50萬字劇本構築的穿越時空愛戀故事。心心相印還是漸行漸遠，每一個選擇都影響深遠，這是一段由你來鋪陳的長篇詩歌。故事概要　　公元前275年，田單復國後的齊國重新整頓稷下學宮，希望恢復過往強盛；屈原因郢都陷落投河自盡後，楚國一蹶不振；戰國情勢風起雲湧，遠方秦昭王正規劃著未來藍圖…… 　　女主角莫名穿越到這時的齊國山中小村，旁人建議她去稷下學宮找陰陽大家鄒衍幫忙，尋求回現代的方法，但通往國都的關口因冬日大雪封閉，還有一個月才會開啟…… 　　村中旅店住著儒、墨、道、名、法、陰陽六家門徒，雪融後也將前往臨淄。各型帥哥，各項學說，各種辯論…… 　　她能成功回到現代嗎？或者得到哪位才子的心？遊戲特色 戰國下的恬靜　　穿越的地點不偏不倚，正在好一個大雪封山的僻靜村落—… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Philosophic Love.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 233 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Juniper's Knot.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

83% User Score Based on 46 reviews

How to Make Your Grandpa Happy is a short experimental game about being a granddaughter who tries to repair her grandpa’s photo album. Put the photos in the right place to help the grandpa remember the past! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How To Make Your Grandpa Happy.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

90% User Score Based on 107 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunset's Ashes.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

90% User Score Based on 125 reviews

Mysterious senpai. A murder case that is crowded with the world. And a huge fish shadow swimming at my feet... If all of them were connected together and surrounded me like a ring. What should I do? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Absent in the Rain.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

96% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Play as a mermaid, who has been sent to the human world to discover why they're building a giant ship called the Titanic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mermaid Mission: Titanic.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

69% User Score Based on 62 reviews

There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into The Unknown.

40%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

40% User Score Based on 88 reviews

This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Say Goodbye.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

92% User Score Based on 88 reviews

Unroaded is a short visual novel about the living dead man who instead of inaction has chosen the road. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unroaded.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

97% User Score Based on 93 reviews

A short visual novel about a middle-aged man on his summer vacation, where he meets a strange girl who claims to be from the future. Adapted from a short story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dandelion Girl: Don't You Remember Me?.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

86% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Gary is caught in a strange dream and now he must overcome the adversities on his path or perish in the attempt. In this adventure you will meet 3 children in dream-like scenarios, next to a mysterious girl who talks about a promise. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Connected Hearts.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

81% User Score Based on 21 reviews

A murdered father and a missing grandfather... It is under these circumstances that Phebe finds herself moving to the isolated frontier town of Edgefield. Rumors have it that monsters roam the lands after dark and anyone caught outside is never heard from again. With eerie murderous howling heard every night, Phebe has no choice to become accustomed to this new life if she wants to find her missi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Heart of Butterblue.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

78% User Score Based on 515 reviews

This visual novel game tells the tale of a cute little Santa Clause appearing to someone who has lost their hopes and dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adolescent Santa Claus.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

83% User Score Based on 992 reviews

Yan is a college student with a special girl at his side, and she is Yan's Guardian.「If my girlfriend is as beautiful as Mori, then my life must be blessed by gods....」When he is saying that, he has no clue that another girl is coming into his life.... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fox Hime.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

90% User Score Based on 84 reviews

A yuri kinetic novel about sea nymphs who tend to the stars. The Waters Above: Prelude is a free prequel to The Waters Above. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Waters Above: Prelude.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

86% User Score Based on 329 reviews

It's been a year since Semyon returned from "Sovyonok" and met the girls from the camp in the real world. But it's New Year at hand! And it needs to be celebrated! "Frosty Kiss" is a tiny piece of this holiday that will bring back the well-loved characters of the novel one more time, even if it lasts only for a few moments. But somewhere deep in your heart should always be a place for celebration … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frosty Kiss.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

98% User Score Based on 47 reviews

A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Painting.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

70% User Score Based on 326 reviews

Cyberpunk Visual Novel about a girl hacker struggling in a modern World. The story revolves around surveillance, hacking, artificial intelligence, cybernetic implants and those who want to lead a normal life in a high-tech society. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Invisible Apartment.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

78% User Score Based on 54 reviews

Mausoleum of the Medusa is a love song to brutal, old-school arena combat. Perseus and Medusa are trapped in a deathmatch--but the gods raise them from the dead! Put on a good show to break the cycle and be rewarded! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mausoleum of the Medusa.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

58% User Score Based on 84 reviews

VR capable sci-fi visual novel which takes place in the distant future on Enceladus. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Angels & Demigods.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

A visual novel about walking a mile in another man's shoes. On Earth. During an alien invasion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pairs.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere

96% User Score Based on 57 reviews

In this sequel to Unhack, the unhacker returns with his new AI companion to battle Program X and her clones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unhack 2.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

72% User Score Based on 258 reviews

This is a novel with multiple plot lines, in which you only get to witness only a couple of days of a character who’s name is You. It may seem that except for his name, his life is nothing exceptional. That is if it wasn’t for a chain of events that fluctuate between his daily routine and an existential terror of reiteration. What is the most important part? It’s you and You facing inevitability. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

85% User Score Based on 139 reviews

Wander No More is a Kinetic Novel (a visual novel without any choices) which centers around the life of Kouichirou Nabatame, a renowned samurai, and Chiyo, a young village girl. Wander No More tells the story of how these two met, became a family, and attempted to restore their lives to what they once were. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wander No More.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

76% User Score Based on 368 reviews

A group of girls are having their vacation, alone. What would a group of girls do on a dark Christmas night? Of course, fortunetelling! Unfortunately for them, their boyfriends are not about to leave them alone and their sudden visit totally ruins their plans for fortune telling, turning it into a scary story contest. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost girl`s [diary].

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

68% User Score Based on 400 reviews

A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ambre.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

75% User Score Based on 99 reviews

Critic Score 86%Based on 1 reviews

In the not-too-distant-future, Roman is a newly-minted employee at a classy jazz club. He must contend with his past as a new hire (and former co-worker), Eris, makes him question if quitting his old job was the right thing to do. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcadia.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

89% User Score Based on 235 reviews

Dr. Frank's Build-A-Boyfriend is a comedy BL visual-novel mixed with point-and-click adventure elements. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dr. Frank's Build a Boyfriend.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

68% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Magic and science. Past and future. But what of the present? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snapshot.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

86% User Score Based on 116 reviews

Join Reven as she explores her own wonderland in another visual novel by Träumendes Mädchen. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Garden of Oblivion.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

60% User Score Based on 96 reviews

"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interactive Horror Stories.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

73% User Score Based on 250 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Six Days of Snow.

40%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

40% User Score Based on 538 reviews

Away - is a short game telling about the hero's death experience, performed in a gloomy black and white style. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Away.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

91% User Score Based on 138 reviews

A yuri (GxG) VN about a traveller who runs across two nuns in an abandoned church. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Once on a windswept night.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

96% User Score Based on 212 reviews

A drifting traveler boards a one-man space shuttle destined for Alpha Centauri. This shuttle is piloted by Budapest, an artificial intelligence program designed to serve humanity. When disaster unexpectedly befalls their ship, the two of them are sent careening through uncharted space. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Palinurus.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

87% User Score Based on 47 reviews

The story follows a phone call between Noah and his wife, Sarah as they recall pivotal moments in their relationship. Peer into Noah's memories and relive the couple's happiest moments through choice based dialogue, a unique art-style, and an original soundtrack in this fully voice acted experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Remember When.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

92% User Score Based on 271 reviews

Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Perceptions of the Dead.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

87% User Score Based on 1,421 reviews

A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Monster Inside.

42%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

56% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Bird Watcher is a short story about a girl whose name is Claire that after her parent's death was made to live with her gloomy vicious aunt. Her life in the new house becomes similar to the life in the cage which is full of stringent prohibitions and rules. And every day is absolutely the same as previous one. And she can see the outside world only through the window of her small room. Every day l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bird Watcher.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

94% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Reveal the story behind the haunted mansion while looking for Sebastian. LIRE is a survival horror video game inspired by old horror RPG maker games "IB" and "The Witch's House". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LIRE.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 2,097 reviews

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". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Narcissu 1st & 2nd.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

85% User Score Based on 1,417 reviews

Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more? Could you be the one that unfolds the truth about the Wychwood forest that have been hidden about hundred years, and release the forest from its curse? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trick and Treat - Visual Novel.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

76% User Score Based on 42 reviews

Kith is free regular mini-adventure series, set on a planet covered in fractured plateaus above a dark and ominous mist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kith - Tales from the Fractured Plateaus.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 36 reviews

An experiment in letter writing, meant to evoke the distinctly sweet homoeroticism of Victorian and Edwardian literature. Follow the correspondence of two professors, in the months before one of them makes a decision he'll never be able to take back. A visual novel with a cute mechanic: Slide the letters back and forth across the screen, to experience the time the letter is written, and when it … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hoping this Finds You Well.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 75 reviews

Be You 2 is an interactive visual novel. In this sequel to "be you", you must raise a child by making story choices. There are multiple routes and endings based on your offspring's personality. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to be you 2.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

90% User Score Based on 98 reviews

A visual novel about the ever-changing nature of relationships and the hardships of dealing with loss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Find someone else.