MAHOUTEQ!
Luna is unemployed and wants one thing: her favorite magical girl figure. When her city recruits a magical girl team, she signs up.
99% of 1,455 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Visual novels like Draw
If Draw left you wanting something emotional and hand-drawn, you have options. You will find a few strong contenders among these visual novels.
GOODBYE WORLD
"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.
Emotional, Story-driven, Atmospheric
84% of 769 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Pine: A Story of Loss
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
79% of 211 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Purrgatory
You wake up in Purrgatory with no memory and a cat for company. To pass eternity you wander a hand-drawn afterlife, talk through big feelings with seven downtrodden souls, run small errands, and trade an endless stream of cat puns on the way to multiple endings.
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
98% of 5,071 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3FreeMatsuro Palette
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
98% of 530 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Doodle Date
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
72% of 308 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
A short psychological story about a stressed student buried in books and study, who becomes fixed on exploring her ceiling. You click through hand-drawn rooms, read her thoughts, and steer toward one of 3 endings, plus an unlockable mode that fills in the lore. Worth playing for its tender, uneasy take on burnout.
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
87% of 3,444 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.99"LIFE" not found;
This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life. Find out what they're struggling with, you might even recognize some things from your own life.
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
93% of 339 Steam reviews are positiveFreeLost Words: Beyond the Page
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
94% of 639 Steam reviews are positive$14.99In His Time
Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
86% of 56 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Relieve
"Relieve" is a hand-drawn comic style narrative puzzle visual novel with unique art and high-quality music. It allows you to experience the story of a couple's separation and reunion from different perspectives.
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
100% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Storyteller
Storyteller hands you the title, the cast and the empty panels, and asks you to make the story fit. You arrange heroes, villains, dragons, vampires and heartbroken lovers until betrayal lands where it should. Short, clever and warmly drawn, it suits visual novel readers who like their stories hands-on.
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
88% of 8,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 46$14.99Reviver
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.
Emotional, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
91% of 202 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Hidden gems like Draw
Everyday Devil
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
95% of 346 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Home
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles.
99% of 129 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Provoron
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward.
87% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Reviver
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through…
91% of 202 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Leila
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face.
86% of 551 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
q.u.q.
A crude girl drags a giant gun across a red-sky desert in this surreal visual novel.
94% of 1,885 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Once Again
Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet?
90% of 952 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.27
Pine: A Story of Loss
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing.
79% of 211 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
"LIFE" not found;
This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life.
93% of 339 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Until Then
A slow, tender visual novel that turns strange: you follow Mark, a Filipino high-schooler, through school days, chats with friends, and small…
96% of 16,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 149$19.99
Newest visual novels like Draw
The Doll Shop
The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside.
93% of 94 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$12.99
Chalk Paper Scissors
A visual novel/sidescroller about estranged childhood friends, Chalk, Paper, and Scissors.
100% of 33 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Provoron
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward.
87% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Bangkok Story: A Stray Dog
A top-down 2D story-driven adventure game inspired by real-life events.
100% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Kejora
When Kejora realizes that her peaceful village has been reliving the same day over and over, she and her friends seek out to try and uncover the…
77% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Everyday Devil
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
95% of 346 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Home
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles.
99% of 129 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
I Write Games Not Tragedies
An emo-inspired narrative rhythm game exploring growing pains, addiction, romance and music.
100% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$8.44
MAHOUTEQ!
Luna is unemployed and wants one thing: her favorite magical girl figure. When her city recruits a magical girl team, she signs up.
99% of 1,455 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Leila
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face.
86% of 551 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Reviver
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through…
91% of 202 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Pine: A Story of Loss
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing.
79% of 211 Steam reviews are positive$9.99