Lake of Voices similar games & best alternatives

Lake of Voices - Trailer
Lake of Voices - lake-of-voices_1.avif
Lake of Voices - lake-of-voices_2.avif
Lake of Voices - lake-of-voices_3.avif
Lake of Voices - lake-of-voices_4.avif
Lake of Voices - lake-of-voices_5.avif
Lake of Voices - lake-of-voices_6.avif

Lake of Voices

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.

What works

  • Immersive and emotionally engaging story
  • High-quality voice acting
  • Beautiful art and music
  • Multiple meaningful endings
  • Free to play

Things to keep in mind

  • Short overall length
  • Some rushed character development
  • Limited player customization
  • Lack of save points before major decisions
  • Some awkward dialogue moments

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Lucid9: Inciting Incident

  • Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS

  • Sound of Drop - fall into poison -

  • Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds

  • Mandemon

  • 7'scarlet

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Lake of Voices but with less survival pressure

  • Starlight Vega

  • 東周列萌志 Philosophic Love

  • The House in Fata Morgana

  • Along the Edge

  • YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world

  • Magical Otoge Ciel

Less strategic

Games that feels like Lake of Voices but with less strategic problem-solving

  • Midnight Witch

  • GINKA

  • Connected Hearts - Visual novel

  • Togainu no Chi ~Lost Blood~

  • Rewrite+

  • Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms

Less violent

Games that feels like Lake of Voices but with less combat and destruction

  • Rising Angels: Reborn

  • TAISHO x ALICE episode 3

  • Vampires' Melody

  • Seduce Me 2: The Demon War

  • Fate/stay night REMASTERED

  • Amnesia™: Memories

More expressive

Games that feels like Lake of Voices but with more self-expression and customization

  • Demonheart

  • Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk

  • Ken ga Kimi

  • Dark Nights

  • Tiny Bunny

  • 永不停息的黑暗之歌 ~ Endless Black Song

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Lake of Voices. 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 Lake of Voices. These titles are not in What to play next.

Lake of Voices: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026