a new life. similar games & best alternatives

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a new life.

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

What works

  • Beautiful art and music
  • Emotionally impactful story
  • Meaningful player choices
  • Lgbtq+ representation
  • Multiple endings and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Short playtime
  • Limited gameplay mechanics
  • Some players find story too sad
  • Minimal player customization
  • Lack of depth compared to other visual novels

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Koi x Shin Ai Kanojo

  • One Night Stand

  • Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies

  • 他人世界末 On-looker

  • Memories Off -Innocent Fille-

  • 千面 Melancholy Love

More fantastical

Games that feels like a new life. but with more imaginative fiction

  • Starlight Vega

  • Heaven Will Be Mine

  • TAISHO x ALICE epilogue

  • TAISHO x ALICE episode 3

  • DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation

  • Please Be Happy

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with a new life.. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with a new life.. These titles are not in What to play next.

a new life.: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Strategy.

Last update: 21/08/2026