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The games that Night in the Woods reminded me of most were Kentucky Route Zero and We Know the Devil. Both of these games focus almost entirely on magical realism, though, so they feel more like the last hour of Night in the Woods than the first nine hours. There's also arguably even less actual gameplay in these than in Night in the Woods. I'd pick Kentucky Route Zero if you're more interested in the small-town blues aspect, and We Know the Devil if you're more interested in the young adult angst. Both are available on Steam.
I honestly hate that people are already comparing Night in the Woods to Undertale, since they're not actually similar other than they're both emotional games about cartoon animals made by very small teams of people. That said, you mention that you like variety in tone and in gameplay, to the extent that you can't ever really expect what's going to come next, and Undertale definitely fits that description.
If what you're interested in is a game that's half visual-novel style relationship-building and half gameplay, leaning more towards Persona 4 than Night in the Woods, well... There's actually a ton of games like that, most of them JRPGs, CRPGs, or adventure games. I can't think of any that are about small-town life in the way Night in the Woods is, though. The more a game focuses on real life in that way, the less gameplay it tends to contain. If I had to pick one, I'd probably point you to Dropsy, an adventure game where you live in a small town and all the puzzles are about figuring out how to make individual residents happy.
That's the thing, Night in the Woods is unique in the sense that it is very much a large collection of small individual things. Most games pick one thing and focus on it from start to finish. If there's a specific element you liked more than others, mention it, and I might be able to come up with some more stuff.
Longest Night[finji.itch.io].
Play it, it's short and hilarious.
Kentucky Route Zero - Similar setting (small rural mining town) with magic realism and strange goings on. A bit more serious and laid back than NITW though.
Oxenfree - Keeps with the whole theme of "young people on a supernatural mystery"; excellent writing and dialogue
We Know The Devil - Another game with the whole "young people on a supernatural mystery"; this one gets preeeetty weird by the end, and the writing is again excellent.
And a few of my own suggestions (I see you already own them, but for anyone else who comes across this topic):
Life is Strange
The Dream Machine
+1 for the dream machine
Minor non-spoiler: The game ends on a cliffhanger that'll probably never be resolved (as Alec split with the person he developed the original with). I'd have liked to be aware of that back when I played Aquaria. Still mad I will never get closure.