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76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

82% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Fight for what's right—as an up and coming pirate! Battle slavers, sea monsters, and your own corrupt government to become a hero of the high seas. But will you betray your own crew for wealth and power? 7th Sea: A Pirate's Pact is a 200,000-word interactive adventure novel by Danielle Lauzon, set in the world of the table-top role playing game 7th Sea. It's entirely text-based, without graphic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 7th Sea: A Pirate's Pact.

dark sci-fi fantasy | FF | neurodivergence | trauma | love Life is about as good as it gets for an anxious and depressed bastard stripped of any social benefits of her caste. Farzana has a cushy job, a wonderful best friend, and a mother and younger brother who love her to bits. Then the faerie who abandoned her mother before she was born—the father she always hoped to meet—returns, brutally murd… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farzana's Spite.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

73% User Score Based on 780 reviews

Critic Score 88%Based on 1 reviews

Become king of pirates while sailing through seaports, battles, krakens & navy If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abandon Ship.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 7,081 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 4 reviews

Play as the captain of a steamship on an underwater ocean surrounding the fictional city of Fallen London. Manage your ship's fuel and food supplies as you try not to go mad fighting off Lovecraftian monsters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SUNLESS SEA.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 900 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 4 reviews

What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back. From the creator of Coffee Talk, in collaboration with Rolling Glory Jam, the creator of Rage in Peace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Comes After.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

93% User Score Based on 95 reviews

A dark yuri visual novel with themes around depression, a hidden magical art, and unexpected love from the depths of grief. As a reserved and unassuming university student in snow-bitten Hokkaido, the personal tragedy which visited Honoka Asakawa would lead to her experimentation in a magical art thought long-lost — blood magic. Unexpectedly able to visit the sealed world of Meiji-era Sapporo, Ho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Tithe in Blood.

Can you imagine staking your very soul just to find love? It's a proposition that most people would find unthinkable. However, our dear friend Michi, driven by sheer desperation, found himself making a fateful decision. In a moment of weakness, he struck a deal with a cunning demon, offering his soul in exchange for the fulfillment of his deepest desires. But as the saying goes, "beware the D… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Speak of the Devil I: A Deathly Proposition.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

86% User Score Based on 100 reviews

A unique experience in which you are tasked with discovering the mystery behind a newborn island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bittersweet.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development

82% User Score Based on 215 reviews

Fight for the future—your own, and the world’s! Your fate is yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Soul Stone War.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

72% User Score Based on 611 reviews

Critic Score 88%Based on 1 reviews

Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abandon Ship.

Chapter Four has been released! Crown of Ashes and Flames is a fantasy interactive fiction game, free to play on pc and mobile! You play as the only remaining member of the royal family of Vesphire; living in the home of the man that took away everything from you. It is currently in development and each chapter will be released as they are finished. Socials: Tumblr | Ko-Fi | Patreon The war… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crown of Ashes and Flames.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

100% User Score Based on 31 reviews

Return to Two Elk Island anew Dorman, a closeted trans woman, has just finished recovering from a sailing incident that left her bedridden when her grandmother encourages her to start a new career. All the while, she struggles with the expectations her parents left behind - of her as a sailor and as a man. As she begins to settle back into her life, she finds that Two Elk Island isn’t as tranqu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breathless Winds - LGBT Visual Novel.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability

94% User Score Based on 69 reviews

A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship. Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Hint of Purple.

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.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

67% User Score Based on 46 reviews

“Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neighboring Islands.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

89% User Score Based on 228 reviews

In this horror visual novel, we follow Atcchan, our protagonist, who left his hometown two years ago. Now he is finally able to return - but only for three days. How will his old friends react to him, and will their relationships be able to stand the test of time? For a person who's always been afraid of change, this is a worrying prospect for our hero... but it's something he will have to overco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Way We ALL GO.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

61% User Score Based on 3,444 reviews

Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment. This game aims to show other sufferers of depression that they are not alone in their feelings, and to illustrate to people who may not understand the illness the dept… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Depression Quest.

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.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 11,075 reviews

‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A romance/horror story about life, death, and memes. A shift in perspective can change everything. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Missed Messages.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics

100% User Score Based on 23 reviews

The Ghost of You is a text-based, yuri horror game in which a night at the symphony ends in a massacre. Libretto and her friends must work together to find out the truth; but between romantic conflicts, personal demons, and a song so haunting it warps the mind, will they survive the Symphony Hall? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ghost of You.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

95% User Score Based on 3,010 reviews

Critic Score 91%Based on 5 reviews

A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. The House in Fata Morgana is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The House in Fata Morgana.

Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Dungeon of Departure is an independently developed, pixel art, visual novel set in an original universe. The story follows the silent, player protagonist and three companion characters as they face difficult decisions, strange occurrences, and seek a path forward and out of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon of Departure.

dark fantasy | body horror | kidnapping | tragedy Venture into the oceans of Faerth and meet Soot, a lonely nonbinary merfae cursed with turning all who look into their eyes into stone. When Soot is kidnapped by vicious pirates who plan to use them as a biological weapon, the last thing Soot expects is to make their first ever friend.  Color Unknown is a 7k word fantasy horror short story and co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Color Unknown.

Legend of a Savior is an interactive fiction game series being made in Sugarcube. It is a dark adult fantasy that will focus on the dark side of the truth and the line between what is morally right and wrong. In this series, you will learn about lies, truths, and what it means to ultimately be alive. Legend of a Savior is rated 18+. Content Warnings: Language, violence, death, parental abuse,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legend of a Savior: Book One.

Game Introduction Lane, a carefree girl living in the Mangrove City of Celeste, went on a trip with her friends as usual during the summer vacation. However, she met a black-clad man who claimed to be looking for the Omega seal and a woman called "Cardinal". In the pursuit of the truth, what kind of sparks will be ignited between them, and what will Lane do? Everything is up to you to d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FALL.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

89% User Score Based on 70 reviews

Roadmap Cursed Crew is in Early Access which means we’re working on adding more features to the game. Here's our roadmap for the exciting things that you can look forward to! You can also to follow our progress. Curses - Choose from dozens of curses and experiment with their effects to create mighty combinations. Localisation - Additional language support for the game! More bosses and c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cursed Crew.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

83% User Score Based on 466 reviews

In Sea of Survivors, you can sail in any direction but you can never stop moving. Dodge and destroy hordes of pirates and sea monsters to gain experience, level up and upgrade your weapons and abilities. Discover mysterious curses, and unlock unique treasures as you fight for your survival. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sea of Survivors.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

74% User Score Based on 442 reviews

Every activity in Puzzle Pirates is a uniquely fun puzzle: be it sailing, gunning, or hauling treasure, your own puzzling skill determines your success! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Puzzle Pirates: Dark Seas.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

99% User Score Based on 111 reviews

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Graveyard Girls.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

96% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Under the Jolly Roger is offering an ultimate ability to free roam three vast worlds filled with dozens of colonies and forts, hundreds of quests, and countless ships to plunder. You can trade, fight, explore on your own! Set your foot on the land to plunder it! Game features: - Limitless sailing in real-time - use Global Map only if you want to! - A system of leveling your pirates, let t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Under the Jolly Roger.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

80% User Score Based on 98 reviews

Tomorrow Don't Come is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tomorrow Don't Come.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay

81% User Score Based on 135 reviews

A golden dream, and a closed world. A spiral staircase into the garden of the mind. What lies beyond gilded wonderland? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fallstreak.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 9,206 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 6 reviews

Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Long Live The Queen.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

79% User Score Based on 78 reviews

Click to Sail is a simple game that allows you to build a team of sailors and go into an adventure that you would probably not expect. The gameplay consists of simply clicking a button, that will transport you to new lands with challenges, choices and secrets. There are multiple different units, with different abilities that you can pair up in your team, in order to progress into the game. The gam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Click To Sail.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, monetization

83% User Score Based on 235 reviews

No One But You is a Visual Novel/Dating Sim about Hideaki, a high school student who has just returned to his hometown, Okutama. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No One But You.

38%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

38% User Score Based on 113 reviews

In this elegy of blood, everyone in Athens owes your boss a favor, making you untouchable! Who will you use, who will you help, and who will you prey on? Vampire: The Masquerade - Sins of the Sires is an interactive novel by Natalia Theodoridou. It's entirely text-based, 300,000 words, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

62% User Score Based on 120 reviews

What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cafe 0: The Drowned Mermaid.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

91% User Score Based on 206 reviews

Addictive and vicious retro-styled comedy puzzler chock full of profanity, abuse, unfairness and warped logic. Will You: Go North? Find Light Switch? Cower and whimper like a beaten swine? Make your decision and escape The Dark Room! Just remember - YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark Room.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

76% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 6 reviews

A visual novel about an abusive relationship, idealization, and intimacy. Live a summer of dysfunctional love through branching storylines, twists, sudden changes, and an innovative mechanic where you choose which senses to use with your boyfriend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star.

Demo updated: June 7th, 2024 (Prologue - Chapter 2) Current Word Count (w/code): ~91.4k Word Count for One Play Through: ~34k For fun: Take the 'which character are you' quiz You never thought you'd go to college, due to your circumstances. But you especially didn't dream you'd be forced to attend the prestigious Vales Grove University after being attacked by wraiths in their library. What sta… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Burning Academia.

30%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

47% User Score Based on 15 reviews

Dissent is a visual novel with choice-based progression and has a strong narrative focus. We will draw you into the corporate office of Moniker Innovation, where you will uncover mysteries that haunt the halls within. Discover friends, enemies, and uncover the truth behind what Moniker does. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dissent.

Story background In the 540th year of the Eastern calendar, the newly appointed Emperor Haneda, Shinji, ordered the suppression of neighboring countries that had been in diplomatic relations with him for many years. Shinji, relying on his national prosperity, successfully suppressed the resistance of neighboring countries, but this was still far from fulfilling his ambition to rule the world In th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 战棋英雄.

Last updated October 10, 2025; approx. word count 135k If you’re enjoying Cantata and would like to support me, please visit my ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/firandfireweed Synopsis The story is set in Saleste, a vast empire with a long history of expansionism and colonization. Within the empire, technically citizens but not, are the Iredicci. The Iredicci can hear and feel the cordis, the harmoni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cantata.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, monetization

84% User Score Based on 93 reviews

Dive into Darkness! Immerse yourself in the gripping world of Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory, a narrative-driven RPG thriller set in the acclaimed World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf navigating the shadows of Poland and beyond. Unleash Your Inner Beast Explore the chilling landscapes of a wintry Białowieża forest, the historic streets of Warsaw, an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

96% User Score Based on 28 reviews

You play as Locke, the bass-player of one of the many bands that never quite made it. When your drummer suddenly dies, you and the rest of the band travels to a festival you used to visit in your youth, while handling your loss. At the festival you will encounter familiar faces from your past while you're trying to not make the same mistakes again. ----------------------------------------------… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where the Music Dies.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 722 reviews

During Chongzhen’s Reign (A.D. 1628-1644), land annexation reached unmitigated extremes, the country faced domestic issues and foreign invasions, coinciding with the catastrophic Little Ice Age. After many years of horrid disasters in succession one after another, the Ming court continued to impose inhumane policies resulting in widespread starvation and leading to the rise of multiple rebellions … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

73% User Score Based on 52 reviews

Take back your throne from demon-summoning usurpers in this 145,000-word interactive fantasy novel! Will your prince or princess choose to be good or evil? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

80% User Score Based on 49 reviews

Become the vagabond you always knew you were. Rely on your blade and wits, for little else will save you amidst the cold and unforgiving North! Retrace the steps of your past and rekindle a love once lost. Or try your best to snuff it out—either way, it’s going to burn. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Samurai of Hyuga Book 4.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

90% User Score Based on 294 reviews

Embark on a swashbuckling adventure in The Pirate's Fate, a visual novel experience with a unique twist: the story, the crew, and who you are transform based on your choices. Seek treasure, find love, and choose your fate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pirate's Fate.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

93% User Score Based on 757 reviews

Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gachi Heroes.