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Looking for games like Novel Nova? Here are top role playing recommendations with a horror and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Heaven Does Not Respond, Free Will or Aimi.

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  1. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 451 reviews

    Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heaven Does Not Respond.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    THE GAME IS CORRUPTED. DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED? Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG suffering from corruption. Playing this game means you accept the responsibility of cleansing Corruption from its system. You control Will, a sick little boy who has been bedridden for most of his life, but must now fight against reality-breaking monsters as he struggles to understand the depth of his own au… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Free Will.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, emotional
    79% User Score Based on 81 reviews

    Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aimi.

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  4. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 149 reviews

    The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Booth: A Dystopian Adventure.

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  5. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 696 reviews

    Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a 2.5D game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots; celebrating the slow, fearful creep of dread instead of relying on over the top action and jump scares. The ghosts - as glitches on our reality - act as spiritual and paranormal threats, no… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, stability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    10 CDs, 10 passwords. Find hidden messages, text, numbers to unlock next CD to continue your steganography puzzle journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CD-ROM.

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  7. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    92% User Score Based on 37 reviews

    RAT: Human Error - Episode One The war ended in a blinding flash. Now, the earth is hollow, a fractured shell hiding the remnants of humanity. A new era of evolution is about to begin. Survivors fled underground, but salvation was a lie. A sickness spread, warping minds, twisting bodies. No one is being spared. You are a child, taken to a hidden facility deep below the surface. You don’t know … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to R.A.T.: Human Error - Episode One.

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  8. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    87% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    Lily's Lil Video Shop! (Demo)PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: THIS GAME CONTAINS STROBING LIGHTS AND HARSH FLASHES.DISTURBING CONTENT: THIS GAME FEATURES DISTURBING CONTENT AND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN. The old, unfinished Lily's Lil Games webseries is back, and recompiled for modern systems! Welcome to the Happy Video Store, where every day is a brand-new adventure! Step into the shoes of Lily, a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lily's Lil Video Shop!.

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  9. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 144 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 13 reviews

    Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, an unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dry Drowning.

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  10. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    90% User Score Based on 890 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

    Karma: The Dark World's Deluxe Edition contains the following : - Full game of KARMA: The Dark World - The 58 Track Original Soundtrack - The 5 Track 'Into the Mist' EP - The 138 Page Artbook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KARMA: The Dark World.

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  11. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    89% User Score Based on 151 reviews

    Kimochii Classroom is a psychological horror slice-of-life visual novel set within the Radish ASMR alternate reality game. Meet Anabelle, Chiko, Felicia, and Maykua! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kimochii Classroom.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, humor
    91% User Score Based on 654 reviews

    TEST TEST TEST is a retro pixel-art point-and-click puzzle adventure where you must escape a time loop as an overworked office employee. Find clues, gather information, and solve cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements. Will you able to release yourself from the clutch of time itself? Or will you be stuck in this reality forever? ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TEST TEST TEST.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    89% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    Translation English & Turkish Proofreading/Editing/Translation (DONE!) : Oğuz Kaan Aybak (Truthful Road) Japanese Translation (CANCELLED) : Yuki Fujita 藤田 優輝 Spanish Translation (DONE!) : Facundo Seghezzo (facuseghezzo) Chinese Translation (MISSING) : Amor噬鱼 Russian Translation (MISSING UwU) : Daria Braude (unexpectedeath) Portuguese - Brazil (DONE!) : Rocotroco About … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Departed Away.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    97% User Score Based on 361 reviews

    Welcome to the world of Draw, a 2D sidescroller and visual novel! Armed with nothing but a pencil, play as "Stickman" as you explore a brand-new world. Solve puzzles by drawing into the game, meet new friends while dodging scribble monsters, and make memories that’ll never be erased! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Draw.

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  16. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 960 reviews

    Heaven Will Be Mine is a queer science fiction mecha visual novel from the creators of queer cult horror visual novel We Know The Devil, about joyriding mecha, kissing your enemies, and fighting gravity’s pull. Follow three women piloting giant robots in the last days of an alternate 1980s space program fighting for humanity’s future—or ditching their jobs to make out with each other instead. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heaven Will Be Mine.

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  18. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 1,654 reviews

    A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Reality.

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  19. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 8,505 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 45 reviews

    Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. Play as Alex, a bright, rebellious teenager who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party on an old military island. The night takes a terrifying turn when you unwittingly open a ghostly gate spawned from the island’s cryptic past. How you deal with these events, your peers, and the omino… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxenfree.

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  21. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 984 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 8 reviews

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lacuna.

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  23. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 5,813 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Taking around an hour on the first play-through, "When The Darkness Comes" feels like you're wandering around a glitchy hard drive full of abstract dreams and beautiful nightmares. The narrator initially makes it feel like a comedic game, but it soon starts to take a darker tone as you travel down the bizarre broken rabbit hole that explores the darkest themes of the human mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When the Darkness comes.

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  24. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    You are a corporate flesh object with no way to speak on your own trying to pose as a human by mimicking what other people say. Serve the corporation that owns you, complete your assignment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How to Kill a Fly.

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  25. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    93% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lover's Enigma.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    63% User Score Based on 83 reviews

    Liminal Universe is a solo first-person adventure game that takes you deep into Liminal Space. In this experience, you focus not on the story but on understanding the world around you and the atmosphere it creates. The game starts on an entirely empty snowy map, and then continues with a pool and ocean. Although the game sometimes tells you what to do, it leaves it unclear what exactly you sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Universe.

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  28. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    86% User Score Based on 91 reviews

    oneway.exe is a first-person investigation puzzle horror game centered on story and internet culture. Explore the digital decay found within the unfinished game of UNTITLED.exe, and solve puzzles as you begin to piece together the story of the three developers who created it.  Face the internet horrors that haunt your past. The ones you've never heard of. They don't exist. IS THIS THE WAY IT… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to oneway.exe: Module 1.0.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    93% User Score Based on 137 reviews

    The Last Oath is a small pixel art walking sim story game. Wake up carrying a heavy sword, drag it to your destination, and learn things about the environment.  You're a knight that has sworn an oath to the king, but in a recent lost battle the kingdom has fallen. You have one final task left, While you complete this task, you find out more about the world and the events that happened by interact… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Oath.

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  30. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 3,009 reviews

    "After falling asleep on the last train, I woke up in a bizarre place called Saihate Station..." An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men. The main characters Haru Akinashi and Shion Tatsunami are both 26 years old and work in the same company. Since Haru joined the company two months earlier, Shion calls him "Senpai.&qu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saihate Station.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization
    97% User Score Based on 200 reviews

    Every night, you awaken in your studio and paint your masterpiece. Or, at least, you try to. Oh, if only your muse would return. If only lifting your brush didn't fill your fingertips with agony. It Paints Me is a short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain, and love. It features: 3.9k words 3 endings hand drawn artwork original music partial voice acting … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It Paints Me.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    76% User Score Based on 375 reviews

    Welcome to Mech Builder- a relaxing puzzle game inspired by Model building(gunpla). You will experience the relaxing process of building a model kit with complete freedom. Cut out, assemble, paint, and then customize your models! Build mechs, waifus, armors, figures, and so much more. Building all the kits will take around 7-9 hours of your time. Finishing time trial will take around 2-3 ho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mech Builder.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 155 reviews

    CRAWL INTO YOUR MOUTH. Keep an eye on the time to ensure you make the most of your week in the psychospherical house of MOUTHOLE. Solve puzzles and unravel mysteries to forge convoluted paths of discovery and exploration. Navigate quotidian existence. Crawl into your mouth. Brush your teeth? Find whatever comfort you can in your HOUSE, deciding what you want to spend your limited time on and whi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MOUTHOLE.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 139 reviews

    Searching the Amazon for the elusive razorback dolphin, Nora discovers more than she bargained for. Created in one month for Thalassophobia game jam. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Orange.

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  36. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    99% User Score Based on 1,271 reviews

    "The consciousness dawning inside of an aquatic egg is prodded alert. It is a male whale calf, stirring with a newfound awareness of body." South Scrimshaw uses the linear VN format to create a science fiction documentary about fictional science. It is composed of over 400 illustrations, painted in a mix of watercolor, ink, and digital media, set against a rich audio backdrop of music… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to South Scrimshaw, Part One.

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  37. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 5,618 reviews

    Delve into a hyper-cinematic adventure. You are a clone. You live at the world's end. You worship the last surviving human: the Allmother. When a dangerous rumour shatters your faith, you phase through time and memory—to expose a 1000-year-old lie. Relive. Reclaim. Resist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1000xResist.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability
    96% User Score Based on 305 reviews

    A story about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cemetery Mary.

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  39. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 387 reviews

    An indie graphic adventure / visual novel game in the style of PC-98 titles. Players take on the role of a ship's security officer in deep space near Jupiter as a deadly mystery threatens the entire crew. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stories from Sol part 1: The Gun-Dog.

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  40. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    98% User Score Based on 791 reviews

    Hello, new Puppeteer! Meet Charlotte - a puppet you will control. Meet her alien friends, maggot cat and a certain Observer. Dive deep into horrors of junk food, TV world, religion and romance novels for middle-age women. Keep your puppet safe at all times. Or don't. ​ Have fun dying! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo.

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  41. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, character development
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    Use your wits to solve puzzles and escape from an abstract world in this hand-drawn atmospheric horror game If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NeverHome: Hall of Apathy.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 275 reviews

    Zelle is a occult adventure game. You can explore the inside and outside of the castle using adventure game mechanics and battle demons with strategic mouse clicks. Your goal in this game is to bring the protagonist home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zelle.

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  44. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 159 reviews

    The Impossible is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the Impossible world and remember: nothing is Impossible If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE IMPOSSIBLE.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 182 reviews

    Siren’s Call is the first "friendship simulator" where your friends can actually fight back. Make these last moments you have with them count. Say the right things...because they won't accept anything less than your absolute best. Will you reach escape velocity? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siren's Call.

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  47. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 1,371 reviews

    Neverending Nightmares is a psychological horror game inspired by the developer's actual battle with mental illness. In the game, you take on the role of Thomas who awakens from a terrible nightmare only to find that he is still dreaming. As he descends deeper through the layers of hellish dreamscapes, he must hide from horrifying apparitions and outrun his inner demons. He must discover which of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neverending Nightmares.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 1,617 reviews

    Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ann.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    97% User Score Based on 148 reviews

    Enter the memories of Raine as she explores the text-based world of VerdaMUCK, a simulation of the old network within the vast cerebrally-interconnected network of the near future. Meanwhile, a mysterious individual known only as The Navigator exposes the truths of the Cerenet as a conspiracy-in-the-making begins to unfold. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ESC.

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