- #1 un/FRAGMENT.
97% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: izakiko paradox
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Surreal 44.1%, Text-Based 19.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional and surreal experience that explores dark, philosophical themes through a minimalist lens.
- #2 For Goodness Sake
96% matchVery Positive89% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Belief Engine
Windows
In a final attempt to guarantee your place on the nice list, you decide to try and do some chores before midnight. Will Krampus take you? Take the test and find out.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the dark, philosophical, and atmospheric tone of 10:16 while emphasizing the weight of player decisions.
- #3 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,869 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.9%, Text-Based 37.5%, Surreal 6.2%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: This short, surreal psychological experience mirrors the abstract and unsettling narrative style found in 10:16.
- #4 Who's Lila?
95% matchVery Positive94% of 3,686 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Surreal 22.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique, surreal psychological thriller where your choices and facial expressions dictate the outcome of a dark, mysterious story.
- #5 Everything Ends In 0
94% matchVery Positive94% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: findaeden
Windows
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.4%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Text-Based 20.8%, 2D 7.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric and lore-rich experience that deals with dark, emotional themes in a concise, impactful way.
- #6 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,203 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.2%, Multiple Endings 24%, Choices Matter 21%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: This dark, narrative-driven game features heavy themes and multiple endings that reward players for exploring the consequences of their choices.
- #7 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,226 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 58.4%, Multiple Endings 29.6%, 2D 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes death game that relies heavily on visual novel mechanics and difficult choices to determine who survives.
- #8 BAD END
94% matchVery Positive83% of 398 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.2%, Visual Novel 36%, Multiple Endings 20.3%, Indie 3.8%, Casual 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indie visual novel that focuses on horror and multiple endings, perfectly aligning with the tone of the seed game.
- #9 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
91% matchVery Positive89% of 9,719 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Choices Matter 21.7%, Text-Based 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more expansive, this game is a masterclass in choice-based storytelling where every decision significantly impacts the protagonist's fate.
- #10 For Mother Matron
90% matchVery Positive92% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that leans into psychological horror and multiple endings, much like the seed game.
- #11 It Paints Me
89% matchVery Positive97% of 261 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic, story-rich visual novel that delivers a dark and atmospheric experience similar to the seed game.
- #12 Wicked Games
89% matchVery Positive96% of 224 reviews2022
Dev: Sibcat Team
Windows
To get a "Ticket to Paradise" while being in Hell. A ticket that’s obviously worth it. A ticket that sends you to the obstacle path. What kind of road from Hell to Heaven could it be? What difficulties are awaiting you on this road? Are you worthy of a chance at redemption?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 36.1%, Choices Matter 32.9%, 2D 15.3%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, thriller-oriented game that focuses on psychological horror and the consequences of player choices.
- #13 Interactive Horror Stories
91% matchMixed69% of 150 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.8%, Text-Based 31.2%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of short, choice-driven horror narratives that mirror the text-based nature of the seed game.
- #14 The Horrorscope
88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.1%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation-heavy horror game relies on atmospheric storytelling and psychological tension to keep the player engaged.
- #15 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,924 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Text-Based 18%, Surreal 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, 2D 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel to the original, continuing the surreal and deeply psychological exploration of the protagonist's mind.
- #16 The Tales of Bayun
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 209 reviews2023
Dev: FlyinDogs
Windows
Can a flat world resting on the backs of three demon bears live in peace? Of course not! Immerse yourself in the universe of the dark Slavic legends, explore the characters' stories and make difficult choices that affect the course of events. Bayun the Cat will help you. If you're lucky, that is.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Visual Novel 17%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy visual novel that emphasizes the importance of choices and the branching paths of its multiple endings.
- #17 Knell of St. Godhrkar
86% matchVery Positive93% of 1,565 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Text-Based 45.2%, Visual Novel 44.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich adventure that combines visual novel elements with a unique, dark narrative structure.
- #18 Something Strange
86% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.6%, Text-Based 36.6%, 2D 11.4%, Casual 5.9%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A casual yet unsettling visual novel that blends psychological horror with a 2D aesthetic.
- #19 Welcome To The Dark Place
84% matchVery Positive88% of 599 reviews2025
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 82.4%, Indie 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play, text-based adventure that captures the same indie, psychological-horror vibe as 10:16.
- #20 WORLD OF HORROR
83% matchVery Positive90% of 9,794 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: 2D 56.2%, Atmospheric 35.8%, Singleplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cosmic horror game that uses choice-based mechanics and surreal, retro-inspired visuals to create a sense of impending doom.
- #21 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
81% matchVery Positive100% of 205 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Surreal 15%, Choices Matter 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming yet surreal choose-your-own-adventure game that relies on text-based storytelling and branching paths.
- #22 Scarlet Hollow
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,946 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven horror game where your decisions have profound and lasting effects on the story and the characters you meet.
- #23 Doki Doki Literature Club!
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 223,416 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 91.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 2.8%, Casual 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative visual novel that subverts expectations and delivers a dark, psychological experience.
- #24 Train of Afterlife
84% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Surreal 11.7%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and emotional visual novel that explores themes of death and the afterlife in a casual, narrative-driven format.
- #25 12 Hours to Die
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.9%, Narration 25%, 2D 7.8%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused visual novel that uses a ticking clock mechanic to build tension and urgency.
- #26 The Cat Lady
79% matchVery Positive94% of 6,201 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Surreal 59.3%, 2D 14.4%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Indie 8.6%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological horror game that masterfully blends surreal imagery with a deep, character-driven narrative.
- #27 The Heavens
78% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: ctcPub: Expedition Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ascend to the Heavens and find out if you're pure enough to be reborn on the Earth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Narration 22.9%, Text-Based 16%, 2D 9%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
- #28 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,552 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 84.3%, Atmospheric 7.5%, 2D 4.5%, Singleplayer 2%, Casual 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic visual novel that starts as a slice-of-life story before descending into dark, psychological horror.
- #29 Paratopic
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,142 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Surreal 77.6%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and highly atmospheric narrative experience that leaves a lasting impression through its cryptic storytelling.
- #30 氷点下30度の絶望
76% matchVery Positive97% of 358 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
Windows
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Visual Novel 21%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #31 Story: Heaven & Hell
82% matchMostly Negative33% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: KuKo
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 18%
"Story: Heaven & Hell" - this is a interactive fiction about good and evil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 36.1%, 2D 12%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled adventure game that explores themes of the afterlife through a simple, choice-based narrative.
- #32 EBBIL: Alternative Bible
77% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: First Choir
Windows
In Heaven, mistakes have been made. In this story inspired by TMC, follow Archangel Gabriel through a trial of corruption and feigned purity as he explores celestial realms and the rekindling of lost friendships. Will you save the Heavens, or will you see them fall?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #33 10 Seconds
76% matchVery Positive79% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: ithinknotM8!
Windows
Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 51.6%, Atmospheric 32.6%, Singleplayer 8%, Indie 7.8%
- #34 Purgatory’s Flower
74% matchVery Positive95% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows
Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory. Your job here is simple. Listen to their stories, and break out together. Easy, right? ...But, doesn't it seem strange? These people... seem to be out of their mind, a bit.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.7%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, 2D 10.3%, Atmospheric 8%
- #35 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
77% matchPositive92% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Nico HPub: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Text-Based 10%, 2D 5.6%
- #36 Hellevator
75% matchVery Positive92% of 331 reviews2021
Dev: Quasar Games
Windows
Hellevator is a 2D platformer in hell where the only way to escape is to die. Find creative ways to die in order to solve the puzzles and progress through this infernal hotel.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 38.5%, 2D 33.5%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #37 Dark Light
73% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%
- #38 Derealized
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: JacksonG13Pub: JacksonGameStudios
Windows
Derealized is a choice based game inspired by games such as The Stanley Parable and Undertale. This experience offers 10 different endings for you to explore! How many will you find?
Why similar: Text-Based 47.7%, Surreal 25.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #39 This Is Not Your House
73% matchVery Positive87% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Tierson (Trash Eyes)Pub: Trash Eyes
Windows
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Surreal 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #40 Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999
70% matchVery Positive90% of 232 reviews2026
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows
A brutally challenging puzzle novel RPG. Reincarnate as a dark lord, plan your path, and conquer the world. *NOT a passive idle game*
Why similar: Text-Based 44.9%, Multiple Endings 21%, Choices Matter 19.8%, 2D 10.2%, Indie 3.1%
- #41 The Dark Egg Demo
72% matchVery Positive96% of 228 reviews2022
Dev: Transcend Pixels
Windows
A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Text-Based 24.9%, Surreal 21%, Choices Matter 10.6%, 2D 6%
- #42 sun-rise.exe
71% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Narration 46.5%, Hand-drawn 25.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Surreal 8.9%, 2D 6.7%
- #43 • Dread Chess ✣
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: • NullTalePub: • NullTale Scape
Windows
✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...
Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Multiple Endings 24.6%, Choices Matter 15.4%, 2D 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #44 Midnight Syndrome
70% matchVery Positive99% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47%, Visual Novel 34%, 2D 9.4%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Atmospheric 2.9%
- #45 NineHells
73% matchMixed42% of 392 reviews2024
Dev: caffeineline
Windows
Ninehells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the ninehells is going on!
Why similar: Atmospheric 45.1%, Indie 27.8%, Casual 18.6%, Singleplayer 8.5%
- #46 The Test: Secrets of the Soul
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,564 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.5%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #47 Endless
72% matchMixed59% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: shademakesgames
Windows · Mac
A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings
Why similar: Multiple Endings 85.8%, Indie 8.4%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #48 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,034 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Text-Based 19.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #49 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
68% matchVery Positive92% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Text-Based 21%, Surreal 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #50 Playing Kafka
68% matchVery Positive95% of 337 reviews2024
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac
There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.2%, Surreal 40.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Indie 0.8%
- #51 click to ten
67% matchVery Positive93% of 4,774 reviews2022
Dev: funl
Windows
click to ten
Why similar: 2D 49.5%, Casual 20.6%, Indie 17.3%, Singleplayer 12.6%
- #52 Kaigrad
69% matchVery Positive93% of 329 reviews2021
Dev: Offline Games Group
Windows · Linux
Kaigrad - is a non-linear visual novel in the genre of dark fantasy. The action takes place in a world where Light comes only from people, animals and all living things. The darkness is near. You have to find out what happened here, who is to blame for this and try to fix it!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Dark Fantasy 20.2%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #53 The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 688 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.1%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Multiple Endings 18%, Choices Matter 16.9%
- #54 Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
69% matchVery Positive89% of 531 reviews2019
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 117.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #55 A Place for the Unwilling
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: ALPixel Games
Windows · Mac
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.5%, Choices Matter 28.8%, Dark Fantasy 20%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Indie 7.3%
- #56 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
67% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Herbig
Windows · Mac
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Narration 45.8%, Visual Novel 44.2%, 2D 8.1%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #57 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,978 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.2%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%
- #58 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
65% matchVery Positive97% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 51.1%, Visual Novel 30.2%, 2D 10%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #59 The Test
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,136 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Choices Matter 13%, Atmospheric 4.8%
