
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
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Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!

Mirrorandum
Mirrorandum is not just a visual novel...it's a journey through a world of mirrors, where every reflection challenges your perception and every choice reveals the depths of your true self.

右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Mirrorandum is not just a visual novel...it's a journey through a world of mirrors, where every reflection challenges your perception and every choice reveals the depths of your true self.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Emotional 17.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Text-Based 19.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
A short visual novel game in which a boy named Shiomi suddenly appears one day, and the protagonist, who recognizes him as an imaginary friend, converses with him to find out what happened between them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Emotional 22.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 7.9%
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: Text-Based 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Emotional 11.9%, Adventure 10.1%
It is a Japanese visual novel game. It is a game to read texts. Enjoy the story of anguish, conflict, dreams and hope. There is no branching depending on the choices, but you can have a rich story experience like a movie.
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Emotional 12.6%, Adventure 8.4%
夜の世界で「星のかけら」を集める少女アイの ゆるくてかわいい街ブラノベルゲーム!
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Adventure 20.1%, Indie 1.5%
サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場! シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Text-Based 17.1%, Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 8%
The world's most "sentimental" tale. "Let's go away together." Those were Yuika Aoi's last words. It was the winter of my first year of college. She disappeared, without a trace. Where had she gone? - only the flower knows.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Adventure 18.5%, Emotional 16%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Having lost the meaning of life, Shionagi meets Ayana, who suffers from a certain illness. “Kidnap me from this boring everyday life.” He wishes to die. A girl promised death. A bittersweet summer kidnapping drama where they confront each other's “lives.”
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Emotional 22.5%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 1.6%
「これは何を手にするために、何かを失う物語」 季節は変わり冬になる。死神の条件のために主人公、長谷部涼平は菅野雪乃への恋心を自覚するが、彼女の親友に想いを寄せられてしまい、今度は三角関係の当事者になってしまった。自分の未来を掴むためにも菅野雪乃との両思いを目指すことになるが…。青春群像劇ビジュアルドラマ三部作の最終章が遂に開幕!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Text-Based 22.8%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Adventure 16.6%, Emotional 12.3%
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Emotional 18.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Adventure 6.5%
"Sign White" is a text visual novel set in a fictionalized medieval era. Send letters from your pigeon house to communicate with people for a limited period of time. Make connections to save people, listen to their worries, and participate in important decisions to change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 1.5%
Izumi, the demon girl you accidentally captured. A novel adventure game where you gradually connect hearts as you spend your days together with Izumi.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Adventure 22%, Text-Based 21.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
少女達の「最期の一日」を辿り、真相を紐解いていく
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Text-Based 19.2%, Adventure 17.8%, Emotional 13%
Electric Sleep is a pixel art interactive story. Explore a crumbling world through the perspective of different emotions.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Adventure 7.5%
『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Text-Based 22.4%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Multiple Endings 11%, Adventure 9.1%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 27.5%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Text-Based 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
A man awoke by the lake with no memory. Guided by a pilgrim, he discovers he was once the sorcerer Merlin—and learns the truth about the "Saint" who sealed him away. A dark fantasy visual novel about unrequited love. Three endings await.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Text-Based 23.6%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Adventure 17.5%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Adventure 19.9%, Text-Based 18.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
An adventure exploring two distinct types of information: conversation and memory. A district two stations away from the city, a night district who exude a atmosphere of alluring “Just listen to their desires, then do whatever you like.” —Told ya?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Text-Based 24%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Adventure 9.4%
The main character is looked down upon at her part-time job. Using a hypnotic object given to him by a college senior, we'll test the mother and daughter by making them do various naughty things.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Text-Based 22.5%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Adventure 17.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 16%, Adventure 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
"Riddle Me Bunny: Nonogram" is a charming Nonogram puzzle-adventure game . When Nono, a watchmaker's daughter, finds a mysterious headband called "Riddle Me Bunny," she meets Gram, a magical blue rabbit. Together they solve picture-logic puzzles to restore their village's vanishing scenery!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 17.8%, Emotional 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Love remembers you. Even if you’ve forgotten.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Text-Based 29.8%, Visual Novel 25%, Adventure 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
In "Fragment's Note+ AfterStory," you can enjoy the story following the previous title's events, "Fragment's Note+." Join them to see what kind of future Yukiha's choices will create!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Text-Based 20.5%, Adventure 19.5%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
A man-eating monster wakes up, in a snowy night. He meets a mysterious girl willing to die. This omnibus novel game tells the story of the strange interaction between them.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.7%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.7%
Spend a week at your uncle’s house in this short visual novel.From time to time, a special “Pursue” button will appear, guiding the story toward one of two endings.Approx. 30 minutes playtimeTwo possible endingsRated R12[Features]The “Pursue” button cannot be skipped.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 20.9%, Casual 2%
在21世纪30年代的世界,任何新鲜事物都不足为奇,城市里每天都喧闹非凡。“我”和妹妹则是离开了那热闹的中心,搬到了这偏僻的乡下地带,和在这里认识的朋友们每天生活在愉快的日常里。不过这平静的日常又能持续多久呢?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Adventure 19.4%, Emotional 16.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Fragment's Note2+ features the profoundly moving stories of two new heroines in the world of 'Fragment's Note+.'
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 17.8%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.4%, Text-Based 27.5%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Adventure 13.4%, Singleplayer 1%
The first visual novel game of The Ancient Magus' Bride!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Text-Based 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Adventure 18.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
Fate is not a line is a visual novel game where your choices shape destinies. With 40+ decisions, 4 unique perspectives, and 25+ endings, every playthrough reveals new truths. Defy fate, face moral dilemmas, and uncover the secrets of the Arbiter of Fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Text-Based 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Adventure 8.2%
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Text-Based 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Adventure 8.1%
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
Why similar: Text-Based 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Indie 4.8%
"Pulse of Love" is a captivating visual novel set in the vibrant world of the Korean K-pop scene drama. Experience the exhilarating journey of love, passion, and self-discovery as you navigate the highs and lows of fame.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Emotional 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Emotional 16.4%, Adventure 10.4%
Sayla Limehult, First Princess to the Kingdom of Ratania, shall set off for the far-away land of Japan to learn about the wider world and her role within it. As both a princess, and a world-class detective!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Visual Novel 29.8%, Adventure 17.3%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Indie 3.3%
Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.1%, Text-Based 24.5%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Adventure 11.7%, Choices Matter 7%
"Even though I knew this love was forbidden..." While the tragedy is being told, the girl's true love is revealed! Enjoy this crazy pure love drama with beautiful visuals and cute characters!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Text-Based 21.5%, Adventure 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Emotional 10.3%
It is a multi-ending novel game depicting the fan of VTuber "Toaru" "Hinade-chan" and "I" go to an off-line meeting and finish the off-line meeting.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Text-Based 18.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%
My second spring in high school. Surrounded by my dreamy upperclassman, that classmate I'm interested in, and my childhood friend who's a year younger than me. She's been in the search for a boyfriend who would look at her, and only her. The protagonist Chika decides to confess her feelings to……
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Adventure 21.6%, Text-Based 21.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Text-Based 25.1%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Choices Matter 8%
Kagari, a withdrawn child, and Kagami, the robot living in society as their stand-in—Only one will be recognized as the real Kagari. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Adventure 16.9%, Emotional 13.8%, Text-Based 10.3%
Explore a deserted elementary school and escape from an alternate reality in this short adventure. Collect clues and experience changing endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.3%, Adventure 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
You can enjoy the sex life of the lovers. The heroine's sex technique is especially wonderful. The hero is tossed around, but he boldly tries his best to satisfy the heroine.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Text-Based 19.9%, Adventure 18%, Multiple Endings 7%
Enjoy the warm family trip.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Adventure 22%, Text-Based 21.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Text-Based 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Multiple Endings 8%, Adventure 7.1%
【A ghost girl, is here.】Terau Mare is a shy girl moves to Tokyo to go to university, and her new house, Hakusan-so, is like an abandoned. As soon as she enters the room, Mare meets a ghost girl, Furuzaki Yuika. Yuika says, "I'm going to kick you out of here soon." But...
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Text-Based 32.7%, Adventure 21.9%, Story Rich 9%, Indie 1.8%
Ancient China, the era of the Chu-Han War. This is a historical novel adventure that depicts the "what ifs" of the two leaders of the Chu-Han War, Han Yu and Liu Bang. ---Your choice will be the guidepost of this story.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
A medium-length visual novel set in a fantasy world where magic exists. The encounter between a boy living in a rural farming village and a girl who is a dark wizard leads to the revelation of truths that were never meant to be revealed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Adventure 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
怖すぎるにも ほどがある。新聞部は、夏休み前の学校新聞で「学校の七不思議」を特集することになった。七人の学生を集めて、彼らから怖い話を聞き、それを特集としてまとめるのだ。新聞部三年生の日野から命を受け、新入部員の坂上修一はその集会の聞き役を担当することになった。集会当日、放課後の新聞部部室に日野によって集められた七人の語り部と聞き役の坂上修一は初めて顔を合わせる。しかし、七人集められたはずの語り部は、何故か六人しかいなかった。七人目が姿を見せぬまま始まる七不思議の集会。七人目は、現れるのか。そして、この集会の終わりに待っているのは……。
Why similar: Text-Based 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Adventure 19.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Text-Based 18.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Story Rich 6.9%
A boy who can no longer hear the piano, living in the shadow of his gifted younger brother; a karate girl who is more than a friend but not yet a lover; and a girl with future memories. As past and future entwine, where will this triangle lead in this fleeting, bittersweet summer love story?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Emotional 20.8%, Adventure 15.8%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 18.9%, Emotional 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
An Adventure Visual Novel where you can choose your protagonist – Play as Aiko or Hikaru as they try to uncover the secrets that lurk all around them in this character-driven story. Every choice you make will have an impact on the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 22.8%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
人気コンカフェ「troisième(トロワジエム)」で。 嬢を送迎する「送りドライバー」として働く主人公はある日、店長から依頼を受ける。 「最近、どうにもウチの子たちの様子がヘンなの。どこか仕事に身が入っていないというか……」 「そこでアンタ、送りの時にそれとなく事情を聞き出してもらえないかしら?」 嬢たちの事情を暴き、 依頼を遂行するか?それとも禁断の愛を育むか……? 決断は、アナタの手に委ねられています……。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.9%, Text-Based 25.1%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Adventure 6%
Transparent is a narrative game where every choice shapes Clara’s existence. On the eve of her 30th birthday, she revisits key moments of her life. Will her decisions anchor her to reality or make her fade away? Explore memories, face dilemmas, and discover multiple endings
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Emotional 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
「彼は本当に精神疾患なのか?それとも……」 精神科医である道島(主人公)は、ある入院患者の担当を任される。母親を刺したというその少年は、 奇妙な幻聴の症状を抱えており……。貴方は神話生物の魔の手から逃れ、生き延びる事が出来るのか…!?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Text-Based 21.5%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 1.6%