60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Choices Matter, Visual Novel, Multiple Endings.
The Advisor Series is a player-driven narrative where your choices & decisions, both in the game, and out of the game, determine how future episodes unfold. Play the role of villain protagonist Magnus the Magician, as he wreaks havoc across the land, one well-placed fireball at a time!
Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
The Suitor
Beat the King's trials to marry his daughter. Use diplomacy, cunning or magic on your way to becoming a royal. Endure bizarre tests, face many horrors, and always mind your manners.
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 13.5%, Investigation 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Visual Novel 9.1%
Beat the King's trials to marry his daughter. Use diplomacy, cunning or magic on your way to becoming a royal. Endure bizarre tests, face many horrors, and always mind your manners.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 33.3% ★, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Visual Novel 8%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Investigation 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Mystery 9.6%
Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth. Ring of Fire is a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 39% ★, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 6.4%
One war and three heroes on opposing sides. Love, conviction and sacrifice will define them. Utopia is a story-rich visual novel about creating a perfect society, and the cost of reaching it.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 40.8% ★, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Investigation 16.2%, Detective 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Investigation 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 14.8%, Investigation 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Dark Humor 10.3%, Mystery 8.7%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 12%
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: Diplomacy 24.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Medieval 8%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Dark Humor 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Detective 13%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Rule as a hobgoblin warlord in this kingdom management RPG. Balance resources and manage the shifting opinions of commoners, goblinoids, and elites. Face difficult decisions, and choose whether to rule with fairness… or with brutality.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 37.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Medieval 8.6%, Choices Matter 7%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 15%, Investigation 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%
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 13.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Detective 11.3%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Investigation 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Mystery 10.2%
Immerse yourself in a mind-bending choose-your-own-adventure visual novel, powered by AI. Follow a daring streamer's quest, uncovering the chilling secrets of yetis, witches, and covert military operations. Each decision unveils a new layer of mystery, blurring the lines between reality and fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 10.5%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%
Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 13.2%, Investigation 11.8%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.3%, Detective 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 12%, Choices Matter 11.9%
My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 39.1% ★, Dark Humor 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Management 8.8%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Detective 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Investigation 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Mystery 11.5%
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Mystery 10.2%
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Investigation 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%
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 17.1%, Detective 13.4%, Investigation 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Episodic 20.9% ★, Detective 20.6%, Choices Matter 19.2%, RPG 10.1%, Mystery 8.7%
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, RPG 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.4%, Mystery 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.7%
A brave hero and a bound lich rescue a legendary warrior from a forgotten tomb and put the romance back in necromancy. Necromance is a dark fantasy comedy visual novel with light puzzle elements, 3 endings, and 15 ways to die!
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Medieval 9.3%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, RPG 9.1%
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 14.8%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Dark Humor 13.8%, Detective 13.5%, Investigation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Investigation 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Medieval 13.6%, Management 13%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44% ★, Dark Humor 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
A powerless, FAKE therapist facing raw truth. Balance financial pressure and patients' collapse in this narrative RPG. Use speechcraft and the "Mind Reading Spell" to dive into minds and shatter cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or redemption?
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Investigation 13.5%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Memories of Zattera is a visual novel that merges fantasy and science fiction. Explore moral and political dilemmas from multiple viewpoints as tradition, progress and freedom collide. Will you see the world the same once all truths are revealed?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Medieval 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Lore-Rich 12.3%
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Detective 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
You play whose family was executed under the orders of a ruthless king Through years of cunning strategy and dangerous alliances, you lead a rebellion and seize the throne for yourself. But the crown is no sanctuary. Years later, just as you begin to rebuild the realm an assassin’s blade finds you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Multiple Endings 17%, Choices Matter 14.2%, RPG 14%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Mystery 10.6%
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Investigation 13.5%, Detective 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Mystery 11.4%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Investigation 13%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
A roguelike survival sim where you rule your bridge as a cunning—or ravenous—troll. Eat, toll, or spare travelers to balance hunger, greed, and favor as you choose whether to become a feared predator… or a worshiped guardian of the bridge.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.7% ★, Dark Humor 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Medieval 11%, Survival 8.4%
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Detective 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
You’ve been invited to an exclusive stay at the Beggars Hotel, a once-glamorous retreat where only the elite gather. But when the guests begin dying one by one, your dream getaway turns into a deadly game of survival. Who can you trust?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Dark Humor 13.1%, Detective 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Immersive Sim 10.4%
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Detective 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
Why similar: Investigation 17%, Detective 15.4%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%
