- #1 Decollate Decoration
96% matchVery Positive93% of 314 reviews2026
Dev: KANEKODOPub: KEMCO
Windows
This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.2%, Point & Click 23.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #2 Strange Telephone
97% matchVery Positive83% of 363 reviews2019
Dev: HZ3 SoftwarePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.9%, Point & Click 29.3%, Adventure 18.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, 2D 5.3%
- #3 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
96% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Point & Click 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Story Rich 12.7%
- #4 奇天烈相談ダイヤル
95% matchVery Positive84% of 334 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
矛盾を見つけ、相談者の悩みを解決する怪異判定アドベンチャー
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Text-Based 27.5%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Adventure 16.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #5 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
94% matchVery Positive95% of 516 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Dark Comedy 22.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 16.5%, Adventure 11.7%
- #6 Overboard!
94% matchVery Positive90% of 652 reviews2021
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Comic Book 15.1%, Text-Based 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
- #7 YOUR HOUSE
93% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.6%, Text-Based 13%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Point & Click 11.7%
- #8 BAD END THEATER
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.2%, Visual Novel 28.7%, Story Rich 22.4%, Female Protagonist 7%, 2D 2.2%
- #9 Mr. Rightaway
91% matchVery Positive98% of 441 reviews2024
Dev: 开水工作室Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
古风多结局乙女向文字冒险游戏,完全免费
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.6%, Female Protagonist 20%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Story Rich 17.3%, Adventure 7.6%
- #10 Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open
91% matchVery Positive94% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Cellar Vault GamesPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
Third Eye Open is a supernatural narrative adventure about a young girl coming of age. The game is set in a small Malaysian suburb which the player navigates to speak to friends, families, and ghosts. Various minigames immerse the player deeper into the protagonist's journey.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 33%, Female Protagonist 30.5%, Story Rich 22.5%, Adventure 13%, Singleplayer 1%
- #11 The Final Prize is Soup
90% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.3%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Adventure 12%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, 2D 5.2%
- #12 For the GHOSTs
89% matchVery Positive98% of 311 reviews2024
Dev: GenSanKoku
Windows
幽霊のために、何ができるの
Why similar: Text-Based 46.3%, Visual Novel 33.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Singleplayer 5%
- #13 Ghost in the pool
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 352 reviews2021
Dev: CASCHA GAMES
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.
Why similar: Comic Book 29%, Text-Based 20.4%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #14 风起长安:驭骨人
88% matchVery Positive81% of 293 reviews2021
Dev: 轻梨工作室Pub: 咕咕工作室
Windows
This is a Chinese style otome game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Text-Based 23.6%, Female Protagonist 22.7%, Adventure 14.8%, Story Rich 13.7%
- #15 Ghostwriter Workshop
86% matchVery Positive95% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: 秘密結社マテンロウ計画Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Become a ghostwriter and write on the behalf of others--everything from love letters to apologies! There's just one catch in this crazy adventure game: the most important words in your writings are decided by roulette.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.1%, Point & Click 35.2%, Adventure 15.3%, Story Rich 5.5%, 2D 4.6%
- #16 Soulslayer~灭魂·误佳期~
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 713 reviews2017
Dev: 开水工作室Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.2%, Female Protagonist 34.1%, Adventure 25.7%
- #17 No Ghost in Sky Elevator
86% matchVery Positive99% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Midori Games / みどりげーむず
Windows
It is a strange high-rise elevator. The objects that appear and the people you board are all strange. Depending on your actions, you will face a variety of consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 45%, Female Protagonist 37%, Adventure 11.1%, 2D 5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #18 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
84% matchVery Positive88% of 3,694 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Female Protagonist 25.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 8.6%
- #19 Кукуево / Kukuevo
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectKukuevo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kukuevo is a unique experience for those who are into mystery stories and love visual novels. Get ready for an exciting adventure in a world of mysteries and mysteries where every step you take can determine the outcome of the game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Text-Based 22.9%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Adventure 8.5%
- #20 Invincible Presents: Atom Eve
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 571 reviews2023
Dev: Terrible Posture GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Become Atom Eve and take control of your own path as one of the most powerful superheroes in the Invincible universe! Unravel a mystery and balance the dangers and responsibilities of being a superhero with the relatable challenges of everyday life.
Why similar: Comic Book 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #21 欢迎加入奇趣社
84% matchVery Positive80% of 150 reviews2023
Dev: Dream CrackerPub: 2P Games
Windows
Tired of a suffocating college routine? Yearning for something more? Join the Qiqu Club! We promise unforgettable experiences beyond your wildest dreams. But beware, our club is extremely exclusive. Only those daring enough to seek adventure will be admitted...
Why similar: Comic Book 37.2%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Story Rich 15%, Point & Click 13.8%, Adventure 8.5%
- #22 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
82% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Point & Click 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #23 Ghost on the Shore
82% matchVery Positive84% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.2%, Point & Click 25.8%, Story Rich 24.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #24 Moonless Moon
79% matchVery Positive92% of 306 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Text-Based 24%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #25 Homicipher: Demo
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Text-Based 24.7%, Female Protagonist 23.4%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Adventure 6.9%
- #26 电波奇缘~与时音相会的日子
78% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: 黎厘星游戏工作室
Windows
架空都市题材的视觉小说文字冒险游戏,玩家扮演社畜阿诚为失忆“女鬼”找回记忆。
Why similar: Comic Book 35%, Visual Novel 33.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 9.2%, 2D 4.2%
- #27 Help Me
81% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Wallace Lovecraft
Windows
A horrific choices matter adventure game where you need to get out of the house!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.2%, Female Protagonist 25.3%, Hand-drawn 22.8%, Adventure 7.9%, 2D 2.5%
- #28 The Ethereal Dream
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: 鸭子与葱制作组Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
乙女向多结局AVG——在蓝色的月夜里,邂逅那些已逝之人的灵魂吧。
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #29 Hellink
81% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Ikigai
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first visual novel about fake news! Investigate in 2044 in a humorous and cyberpunk universe. Counter your opponents' lies and thwart the plot that threatens Néo-Sorbonne!
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Point & Click 16.1%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Comic Book 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #30 Homicipher
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,997 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Text-Based 20.8%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Hand-drawn 14.3%
- #31 Sensual Haunting
80% matchMixed63% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Lesson of Passion
Windows
Play as a ghost and influence women in the house in order to get sexual pleasures from them and achieve your goals by manipulating both the environment as well as their mind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.6%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Story Rich 18%, Adventure 14.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #32 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
75% matchVery Positive94% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: 符离游戏(FuliGames)
Windows
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women. You will travel to the Land of Women, meet the mysterious young lady Jian Ling, and gradually uncover the bloody and dark secrets behind this realm. Death, resistance, or degeneration? Everything depends on your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.8%, Story Rich 27.9%, Adventure 21.2%, 2D 5.1%, Singleplayer 3%
- #33 Yuri Dating Agency
77% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Comic Book 26.2%, Text-Based 18.3%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #34 Girlfriend from Hell
77% matchVery Positive81% of 193 reviews2024
Dev: That Guy's Games
Windows
Manage your strange romance with a demonic girlfriend and experience total chaos! Laugh, be surprised, and unravel absurd situations in this crazy comedic adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 50.2%, Hand-drawn 25.4%, Adventure 13.6%, 2D 6.7%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #35 Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne
76% matchVery Positive90% of 106 reviews2023
Dev: Rain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fabulous Action Adventure game based on the wonderful graphic novel series, Girl Genius™, by authors Phil & Kaja Foglio.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 54.5%, Story Rich 20.5%, Adventure 13.7%, Action 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #36 RGB GlitchGazer
73% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.4%, Visual Novel 29.7%, Adventure 13.8%, 2D 6.9%, Text-Based 5%
- #37 Subway Midnight
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,267 reviews2021
Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 30.5%, Female Protagonist 27.4%, Abstract 19.8%, Story Rich 14.8%, Adventure 7.6%
- #38 of the Devil
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,338 reviews2025
Dev: nth Circle Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Why similar: Comic Book 42.1%, Female Protagonist 26%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #39 Sonata Theory
74% matchVery Positive93% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: Mayj Studios
Windows
2D/3D story-adventure game
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.4%, Female Protagonist 27.2%, Hand-drawn 26.7%, 2D 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #40 Speed Dating for Ghosts
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 545 reviews2018
Dev: Copychaser Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 39.2%, Visual Novel 34.2%, Story Rich 26.7%
- #41 ウーマンコミュニケーション
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 803 reviews2023
Dev: YAMADA
Windows · Mac
It often happens that lewd words are inadvertently made up in conversation, doesn't it? This game is probably the world's first adventure game where you will find such "inadvertent lewd words" to advance the game!
Why similar: Experimental 29.7%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Story Rich 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Adventure 8%
- #42 WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界
72% matchVery Positive93% of 5,455 reviews2017
Dev: WMY Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Female Protagonist 24%, Story Rich 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Adventure 8.9%
- #43 Void's Calling ep.1
73% matchVery Positive81% of 830 reviews2020
Dev: Novel
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
"Void's Calling" - is a visual novel with RPG elements where every decision you make can drastically change the course of game's story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #44 イカスミポーション
70% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Nyamoli@
Windows
"イカスミ"でポーションをつくる!?怪しいポーション屋さんのイカ『スミミ』と共に、個性豊かな人外キャラクター達にポーションを売るアドベンチャーゲーム!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Comic Book 18.1%, Point & Click 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #45 欺神弄鬼
69% matchVery Positive91% of 850 reviews2025
Dev: 猫台班子工作室 Cat Caboodle
Windows · Mac
Tricks of Gods and Ghosts is a female-oriented pixel rpg game set in a hollow female background. In the game, you will play the role of Zhen Wu Si's Tiqi to move freely in the Jianghu and the imperial court. The sea of bureaucracy is full of changes. The fate of the world is yours to decide.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 82.2%, Story Rich 9.6%, 2D 8.2%
- #46 Over The Phone
72% matchVery Positive83% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
A short talking sim with choices. Get to know Harper over a handful of voice-acted calls and text chats.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 61.6%, Visual Novel 38.4%
- #47 Dangerous Fellows: Otome Game
73% matchMixed45% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Storytaco
Windows
Otome dating sim - make your choices and survive this thriller romance game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Female Protagonist 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Adventure 10.3%
- #48 Ghost Road Awakening
70% matchVery Positive84% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: Ghost Road Game StudioPub: Luna Infinity Games
Windows
“Ghost Road” is the first installment in the Ghost Road series of games, and is a visual novel game about the myth of ghosts and monsters in the Chinese underworld. The player plays the role of the Ghost Detainer in the underworld to investigate the past deeds of the three female leaders.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Text-Based 25.4%, Story Rich 22.4%, Abstract 15.5%, Adventure 10.1%
- #49 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
67% matchVery Positive95% of 511 reviews2025
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 51%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Adventure 14.1%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #50 Lovely Lady RPG
67% matchVery Positive100% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: DAS POPPY UND MIA KUNSTKOLLEKTIV
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.7%, Dark Comedy 33.9%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Story Rich 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #51 Far Away
67% matchVery Positive95% of 8,120 reviews2021
Dev: Gratesca
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Female Protagonist 23%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Story Rich 14.1%, Adventure 6.8%
- #52 消失的航班,还有她她她!Lost in the secret!
66% matchVery Positive90% of 656 reviews2025
Dev: Humongous PicturesPub: Insomnia Bear
Windows
This an adventure based live action interactive game,you need to save passengers from a plane crash. Beautiful nurses, graceful flight attendants, cool rich women, cool bloggers, and mysterious women in red all need your help. Whether to save yourself or rescue everyone, it's up to you to decide!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.8%, Visual Novel 35.2%, Adventure 21.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #53 The Island: Into The Mist
71% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Point & Click 17.9%, Text-Based 16.1%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #54 Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 251 reviews2023
Dev: Veratrum
Windows · Linux
Four students find themselves trapped in the restroom of an abandoned school; the door is locked. Without a way of escaping, they can only cling to their remaining shreds of hope or come face to face with their inevitable ruin.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20%, Comic Book 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Point & Click 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #55 Home Safety Hotline
66% matchVery Positive91% of 2,788 reviews2024
Dev: Night Signal Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 39.9%, Point & Click 30.4%, Text-Based 29.7%
- #56 The Simen Rumors
65% matchVery Positive82% of 317 reviews2026
Dev: 羊之口
Windows
本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.1%, Visual Novel 32.9%, Text-Based 5.8%, Adventure 5%, Story Rich 2.9%
- #57 Dyscourse
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Owlchemy Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dyscourse is an interactive choice-based narrative adventure game where you journey through a stylized world of choice and consequence. Choose wisely.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 58.6%, Adventure 21.1%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #58 Goetia
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 782 reviews2016
Dev: SusheePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Point & Click 49.4%, Female Protagonist 23.6%, Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 6.8%, 2D 2.2%
- #59 The Specter's Desire
66% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Text-Based 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #60 Mobius’ Radio Waves
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: 獭獭社Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
刚入学的大一新生伊琳,却在一个风雨交加的夜晚,听到了来自杂物间内部的来电铃声……这通神秘电话究竟来自何人?杂物间为何会成为禁忌?伊琳手臂上的无限印记又意味着什么?文字冒险推理游戏《莫比乌斯的电波》,就此展开!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.5%, Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 23.8%, 2D 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%