Games like Emily is Away

The closest matches to Emily is Away: Emily is Away Too, Emily is Away <3, VIDEOVERSE, We should talk., and Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Emily is Away is your kind of game, the closest matches are Emily is Away Too, Emily is Away <3 and VIDEOVERSE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, emotional and melancholic, and single out its achievement collection and forced message deletion. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

Emily is Away is a free-to-play indie narrative adventure released in 2015 that simulates mid-2000s instant messaging interfaces. Players create a screenname and navigate conversations with Emily across several years, with branching dialogue choices that determine the trajectory of a friendship. The game incorporates mechanics including forced message deletion, progressive relationship decay, and time-progression, creating an experience where players type real emotions only to delete them before sending. Reviewers highlight how it authentically captures early internet culture and forces players to confront unspoken feelings through the act of typing and deleting emotions. Players describe it as atmospheric and melancholic. The game holds an 87% positive rating from over 22,000 Steam reviews.

About Emily is Away: Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.