15 similar games
Games like Novena
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everyone knows the ocean listens to you and grants wishes. The games below have the most in common with it — drama, visual novel — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
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The 10 closest to Novena
- Plastic TapePlays on npckc.itch.io
Snapshots of a life through bandages. In common: drama, visual novel.
- Koshka's KofePlays on koshkas-kofe.itch.io
After inheriting her estranged father’s coffee shop following his death, Catarina Koshka returns to her hometown to try to find closure. In common: drama, visual novel.
- Dead Wife Game
In common: drama, visual novel.
- SwampstarOffline
A one-act play in pixels that meditates on the broken swamplands of Louisiana's future. In common: drama, visual novel.
- Endless ScrollPlays here
A game about high school memories, growth, and being online late at night. In common: drama, visual novel.
- Continental DriftPlays on haraiva.itch.io
A semi-autobiographical game about moving. In common: drama, visual novel.
- HopePlays on haraiva.itch.io
Hope is a Bitsy game about learning to rely on others and fighting against hopelessness, together. In common: drama, visual novel.
- TopographyPlays on haraiva.itch.io
A Bitsy game about online friendships, the golden age of tumblr, closeness and closure. In common: drama, visual novel.
- Ijimerarekko ni Happy End ha Odozureru no kaPlays here
Choose whether to save or not Mitsuki, a bullied girl. In common: drama, visual novel.
- 3:28amPlays on tobin-ez.itch.io
A Bitsy game about sleep and wanting to not wake up. In common: drama, visual novel.
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Every game like Novena
PlayablePlastic Tape
Drama · 2023
PlayableKoshka's Kofe
Drama · 2020

Dead Wife Game
Drama · 2018

Swampstar
Drama · 2016
PlayableEndless Scroll
Interactive Fiction · 2019
PlayableContinental Drift
Drama · 2019
PlayableHope
Interactive Fiction · 2020
PlayableTopography
Drama · 2020
PlayableIjimerarekko ni Happy End ha Odozureru no ka
Multiple Endings · 2025
Playable3:28am
Mental Health · 2022
PlayableIt Makes for Painful Work
Capitalism · 2025
Playable¿Me verán?
Drama · 2026
PlayableThe Nerve Game
Art Game · 2001
PlayableViaja Baraja
Drama · 2021

Impermanence
Drama · 2022