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You arrive in an isolated coastal village after the mysterious death of an uncle you barely knew. The plan was easy: deal with the inheritance, poke around a little, maybe sell the house and go back to your life. Then the house turns out to be annoyingly charming, weirdly peaceful, and exactly the kind of place you didn’t know you needed. Caelmere has a great café, a gorgeous beach, parties … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echo Tide.

43%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

67% User Score Based on 15 reviews

Fadry is a story-focused game which explores a dark fantasy world through the eyes of several different characters. Length: about 13 hours. Manual, cheat codes, and a walkthrough can be found in your install folder. Features: Decisions and information gathering This game is very demanding when it comes to the player's attention. Characters will lie and mislead you. History books are biase… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fadry.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

91% User Score Based on 64 reviews

A visual novel where the routes are not routes, the endings are not endings, and your choices are not real choices.STORY:Your friend recommends you to play a dating sim that she's been obsessed with lately. After playing it, you reflect on your life and realize that you wish you could live your life as the main heroine of a dating sim. The next day when you tell your friend at school about the gam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Otome Legends.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Welcome to the DeepWeb. Here you can take off your mask and show yourself. Murders, drugs and perversions — here you can find everything you want. So breath in toxic gases and relax — the Silent House awaits new guests. It's a showtime. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project DeepWeb.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

96% User Score Based on 342 reviews

A Book of Beasts and Buddies is an interactive beastiary of curious creatures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Book of Beasts and Buddies.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

97% User Score Based on 36 reviews

The first of seven chapters, which will tell an amazing story about the adventures of a girl and her friends. Colorful landscapes and warm sunny atmosphere. Also, they will find the real door! And take part in the contest! Can you imagine? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Molytropia: Cloud in Shape of Hurt.

The janitor is missing, and a mess is piling up in the hamlet of Woodfordberryshireglenn. Guide Wimple and Habit, nuns in The Chapter's special investigations unit, through locked locales and odd interactions to uncover the mystery behind the janitor's disappearance. Point-and-Click PuzzlingSimple and accessible controls. Just point and click! Pick up useful items along the way and select them to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wimple and Habit.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

You're a hacker with a terminal, four terrible scripts, and an anonymous contact who needs files from places they really shouldn't be. The scripts were free, and you can tell. Your port scanner checks all 65,535 ports, which is thorough and also going to take longer than you have patience for. Your password cracker just brute-forces everything and wakes up the intrusion detection system doing i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackdoor.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, replayability

92% User Score Based on 355 reviews

Find clues, solve crimes in a giant city If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MicroMacro: Downtown Detective.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

100% User Score Based on 18 reviews

True Love's Curse is a fantasy curse-casting simulator and visual novel. Play as the owner of a magic shop and cast curses that can only be undone by true love's kiss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TRUE LOVE'S CURSE.

Javi lives in Santiago, and Shio lives in Kyoto. They're best friends over the internet, until one fateful December brings them even closer together than ever before. A narrative game about long-distance love that takes place over chats, video calls, and social media apps. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Winter Heat.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

When Rain Bremen was a young boy, he had a best friend called Ten, and they spent all of their time together. This changed, however, when Ten was attacked by a bandit deep in the woods. Wracked with pain and bleeding out slowly, Ten begs Rain to return to their village to get help. Rain scrambles to obey Ten’s request, but by the time he returns to his friend’s side it’s already too late. Ten has… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rain and the Wolf.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

62% User Score Based on 47 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

Conspiracy! is a detective game that takes you on a journey into the heart of the Deep State. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conspiracy!.

True Colours is a romance/horror visual novel - a cute innocent dating sim with a dark twist! WARNING: THIS GAME CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF HORROR, THREAT, VIOLENCE, GORE, DEATH AND MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES/ILLNESS. GAMERS WITH SENSITIVE DISPOSITIONS MAY FIND CERTAIN SCENES DISTURBING. Tired of the same old daily routine? Our protagonist knows that feel all too well. Working a boring office job a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to True Colours.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development

100% User Score Based on 29 reviews

Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world. Characters Lily One of your best friends since college. She seems to be hiding something. "Sally, the love I feel...is different from yours...&qu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Lily Loop.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, music

42% User Score Based on 43 reviews

Welcome to Bridgeworld Aliya’s Ascent is a character-driven, interactive adventure story filled with amazing cinematic elements about a girl who mysteriously found herself in the middle of a boat towards an unknown land. Embark on a journey in the world of the first Legions, meet familiar faces as you unravel the tales that made the fabric of Bridgeworld & Treasure, every choice you make matte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aliya's Ascent.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Introducing "Save the World", a thrilling sci-fi story about Ekiya, a young woman living in London who's struggling to make ends meet with her roommate, Sarah, in a world where all that matters is how much money you make. After a break-up and recent job change, Ekiya's life takes an even more drastic turn when she's kidnapped by aliens. Their leader introduces themself as Xen and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Save The World.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

95% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Light-hearted visual novel adventure with an epic tale - with challenging and fun puzzles, humorous storyline and quirky characters. Solve the "last secret", save your friends and maybe find true love on the way, too... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Secret.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

66% User Score Based on 70 reviews

Antioch is an online cooperative interactive fiction game. Based on a story written by FibreTigre (the award winning author of Out There), you’ll play as one of two detectives working together to solve a intriguing crime. The adventure will bring you to the city of Antioch, a dark metropolis surrounded by moutains and sea. We love text adventure games, and we wanted to approach them differently.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Antioch: Scarlet Bay.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Break! Hunt! & Scramble! Super UFO Fighter is a unique battle action game where cute UFOs fight. It is possible for everyone can compete happily by simple rules like sports! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SUPER UFO FIGHTER.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

94% User Score Based on 104 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Become an investigator in Keyword, a narrative thriller where you’ll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve challenging puzzles as the only means of finding your missing daughter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Keyword: A Spider's Thread.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

93% User Score Based on 54 reviews

The Divine Deception awaits you in Panthea. Will you be able to find the truth? Deduce, brainstorm, fight, and hack your ways through obstacles. But remember: Panthea's story is a game to be bet on. Nothing more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Divine Deception.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

94% User Score Based on 906 reviews

Follow the story of a young boy, Cantus as he meets Maris, the mysterious girl by the sea - an experience that will change his life forever. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voices from the Sea.

30%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, character development

50% User Score Based on 10 reviews

In this Boys' Love visual novel about dating monsters, you play as Christopher Wells, a young office worker who moves to a town full of supernatural creatures in hopes of getting to make a real difference. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monstrous Lovers.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, story

92% User Score Based on 133 reviews

Athenian Rhapsody: Thunder Goober's Personality Dungeon is a dangerously goofy RPG with fast paced, unique combat and zany secrets and adventures. Your goal is to build your own rhapsody, the story of you - the player - an experience which cannot be replicated by others. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Athenian Rhapsody: Thunder Goober's Personality Dungeon.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

82% User Score Based on 600 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

Discover the world of CYOA text adventure roleplaying book games If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fighting Fantasy Classics.

Two people stood on the bridge. They smiled and looked into each other's eyes. Suddenly, the boy whispered. "I know everything." The girl shuddered with terror. A third participant in the drama entered the scene - a knife. The corpse fell and disappeared into the raging river. But that's for the last day. As of right now....... Features: * 6 unique endings. * >19 CG * Walkthr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farewell, we see each other for the last time......

A curse wove their fates together: Blake, the mysterious musician; Ryan, the angry outsider; and Grayson, the babbling bookworm. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past? The Lattice Grimoire is a visual no… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lattice Grimoire.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

94% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Nick just can't let go of the people he's killed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Up All Night: Daybreak.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

100% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Bottoms Up! is a linear Visual Novel with a main focus on presenting a griping story, likeable characters and an interesting setting. It combines beautiful, hand-drawn visuals with subtle animations and immersive soundtrack, incorporating musical elements from the Bulgarian folklore traditions. Follow the intoxicating adventure of a retired holy warrior, who is desperately trying to solve a murde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bottoms Up!: Part 1.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

90% User Score Based on 127 reviews

It is the year 2175 and you are the pilot of a Guardian Mech. Gigantic war machines built to defend Earth from the Noxa, a ruthless alien race intent on conquering your planet. As a result of a mysterious experiment, you have been catapulted two centuries forward in time... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mech Academy.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

94% User Score Based on 17 reviews

You came here seeking silence. Instead, you found something that won't let you leave. YAMIGATARI: FOR3ST is a 2D psychological horror game that tells the chilling story of a young girl trapped in a nightmare she cannot escape. What began as a peaceful retreat into nature quickly transforms into a desperate fight for survival when Nora discovers an entity stalking her through the trees.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to YAMIGATARI: FOR3ST.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

73% User Score Based on 79 reviews

All hell's breaking loose in a mysterious research facility and the only person who can save the day is the night shift security guard in the booth outside. Remotely control systems, guide scientists to safety or just… goof off? You’re not in danger. Yet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interference: Dead Air.

A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case. Meet the citizens of Arcadia Springs, find and follow the clues, make the right choices, and you may unlock a dark secret kept under lock and key.  You play as Detective Dalton Reynard, the former star detective of the ASPD. After a year-long hiatus, a simple break-in case lands o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Case of Arcadia Springs.

"Service of Five Graces"​ is a full-motion video, live-action romance game. You play as Lin Ye, an ordinary young man. One day, you wake up to find you've become the personal butler to the five young ladies of the Tang family!? To repay your father's debts, you have no choice but to step into this mansion, beginning a strange life of being "ordered around" by five young women. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 女神的贴身男仆.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

93% User Score Based on 75 reviews

It all begins with a cold call at 2:00 AM.Your friend, Levan, insists that you meet him at a new shawarma spot he found recently. You leave the safety of your apartment. You step into the cool, damp night. Beso's Shawarma is a short, first-person narrative experience. It's not a story about saving the world; it is a story about a single, bad night. Drawn in a low-fidelity PSX style, the game take… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beso's Shawarma.

Welcome to the Case Processing Unit. Classify forgotten reports, uncover hidden patterns, and discover why this backlog exists, and why you were brought in to handle it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Archive.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, grinding

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

90% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Save the monster girls! Talk through their issues and face their challenges. Convince them to leave their crumbling fantasy game before it all falls apart! You may yet come to understand them—or even yourself!—in this wholesome mix of playful conversation and minigames. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monster Girl Therapy.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

It’s tough fighting evil by moonlight and being an ordinary kid by daylight! Can you save your city’s dreams from monsters, halt a magical plague in its tracks, and still help your new club prepare for the best school festival ever? “Star Crystal Warriors Go” is an interactive magical girl anime novel by Holly McMasters, with additional content by Brian Rushton. It's entirely text-based, 250,00… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Crystal Warriors Go!.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay

79% User Score Based on 117 reviews

Choose your own path and solve the mystery in this text based RPG adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Serania - Path of the Scion.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Desert Angels is a third-person, story-driven exploration game about a desert scrapyard, and the memories left behind within it. The scrapyard holds a generator that has the power to save your village. And so, you must find it. Talk to the ghosts haunting the place — or ignore them. Investigate the trash and the stories that they tell — or destroy them. What gets to be remembered, and what gets… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desert Angels.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

99% User Score Based on 144 reviews

Meet quirky characters and clean strange artifacts in this short cozy comedy game. From an enchanted teacup to a cursed skull with a chip on its shoulder, each item and client brings new twists and surprises. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WYRMHALL: Brush and Banter.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

84% User Score Based on 37 reviews

Welcome to Love Begins with Goodbye, an interactive romance game set in Norway, blending Chinese and Norwegian cultures! In this game, you will step into the shoes of a Chinese exchange student embarking on a six-month journey in Norway. You will live with three girls, each with distinct personalities, in a foreign land.   The Characters:  • Luo Xue’er, an exchange student from China like you: … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love Begins With Goodbye.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

92% User Score Based on 64 reviews

Part 1: False HavenIn the first episode, you play as Luca — a young boy staying with his grandmother while his parents are away. What begins as a quiet night soon spirals into a surreal and terrifying experience. After a disturbing phone call, Luca starts questioning everything around him. Is his grandmother really who she says she is? Would you make it through the night? Key Features Short,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fragments of Dread - False Haven.

You are the owner of a perfume store and a second-generation otaku in an ordinary life, and you run your own perfume store, and live an ordinary but happy life. One day, a sudden car accident caused you to lose consciousness, and when you woke up again, there were three men who claimed to be employees of the “Human Soul Transit Center”, including angels, demons and fallen angels. You learn that y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 香恋Ready！.

Why do people want to die... Why don't people want to die... In this world, opposites intertwine— cuteness and grotesqueness, hope and despair, life and death. Those who yearn for death, yet cannot bring themselves to it, arrive at the Interworld suspended between life and death. This is the story of Mitsu Mao, a girl clinging to life who gets lost in this Interworld, and those she meets th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GiLGuL.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

80% User Score Based on 69 reviews

At nightfall, the sieged city falls. Yaoguai came to massacre. You are nothing but a scholar on the brink of madness, trying to survive alongside a courtesan you met years ago. Experience two intertwined storylines in this sequel to the visual novel "The Hungry Lamb". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

86% User Score Based on 531 reviews

The first-ever FMV game about emotional fraud, brought to life by Chinese director Hu Yaohui and a team of film industry veterans. In this entirely fictional story, step into the role of a hunter of hearts and infiltrate a shadowy organization deep in emotional deceit. In this immersive, third-person cinematic experience, every choice matters as you navigate a treacherous web of lies, seduction, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Revenge on gold diggers.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

55% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Island of Hearts is a live-action interactive romance set on a breathtaking tropical island—where every choice matters, and sunscreen is optional. Step into a first-person love story filled with heartfelt moments, awkward encounters, and just the right amount of chaos. Will you fall for the fiery rebel, the shy artist, the confident leader—or someone who completely derails your emotional stab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Island of Hearts.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

97% User Score Based on 65 reviews

2184, the Martian city of Pavonis: the place to be on the partly terraformed red planet. The Martian population decided to take evolution on a whole new path and turn their once human bodies into a plethora of shapes and forms: fully custom-built bodies to take on the challenges of living on a harsh new planet. New Mars, with its subsidized transhumanism, would practically be a utopia if it wasn'… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mars Vice.