
The first historical visual novel. 13th century - steppe, steel, and intrigue. Subedei and Jebe lead their armies westward, and it is up to you to decide: will history remain as written in the chronicles, or will you rewrite it anew?
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The first historical visual novel. 13th century - steppe, steel, and intrigue. Subedei and Jebe lead their armies westward, and it is up to you to decide: will history remain as written in the chronicles, or will you rewrite it anew?

Onigashima
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.

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Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.
Why similar: Historical 27.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Medieval 9%
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 26.4%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Adventure 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
A romantic fairy tale set in a fantasy medieval Rus'. Play as Ivan, a young bard with a gusli in hand, on a quest to win the love of the elusive Novgorod princess. Learn tunes, make choices!
Why similar: Historical 20.9%, Medieval 20.3%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Historical 20.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Historical 19.3%, Medieval 15.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
Set against real historical backdrop, this work unfolds bloody political intrigues. navigating between the tyrant’s tyranny and relatives’ conspiracies. Every choice shapes the dynasty’s fate and witnesses the darkest court legends of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Why similar: Historical 33.3%, Visual Novel 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, 2D 8.7%, RPG 8.5%
Skin Tailor is a medieval horror dress up game and visual novel hybrid. Skin your supernatural enemies, create disguises and infiltrate vampire owned blood farms to rescue your comrades.
Why similar: Historical 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Medieval 8.4%
A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables, with classic adventure puzzles, hand drawn art and an amazing voice cast.
Why similar: Historical 31.4%, Adventure 19.4%, Point & Click 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
Why similar: Medieval 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Point & Click 14.9%, Historical 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
A short adventure game, where you don't control the adventurer. Play the side characters in a medieval village, and decide to help or hinder the adventurer in their mysterious quest.
Why similar: Medieval 22.7%, Point & Click 18.2%, Adventure 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Point & Click 17.3%, 2D 6.6%
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: Visual Novel 21.3%, Medieval 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10%
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 35.5%, Adventure 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, 2D 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
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: Medieval 25.3%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Adventure 7.5%
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Historical 23.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Adventure 7.4%
White Wool & Snow is the second visual novel in the Misericorde series.
Why similar: Historical 28.4%, Medieval 21.9%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Adventure 10%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
Eight time periods from across human history collide in a competitive bid to stop the end of the world. Go from fighting monsters to solving a murder, dating sim to escape game. Experience seven vastly different routes in a bid to solve the mystery as to why you've all been brought together.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Adventure 15%, Point & Click 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Point & Click 13.5%, Adventure 11.5%
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13%, Adventure 10%, Story Rich 8.3%
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Medieval 11.8%, Adventure 10.7%
[Using Live2D, almost full voice] (Voice is only in Japanese)A mystery that begins with a single invitation received from your uncle.A ``mystery'' that happens to someone who was supposed to be an invited guest. Please try to solve it by yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Adventure 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Gore 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
In Al Andalus 711 you don't play as a warrior, but as a villager who tries to survive in a country that is being invaded and must face the risky roads, the lack of experience and the constant danger of enemy soldiers and hostile bandits.
Why similar: Historical 24.7%, Medieval 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Point & Click 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%
Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.5%, Adventure 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Gore 9.7%, 2D 7.9%
An accident at birth gave the protagonist the ability to see the soul. He always thought it was a useless ability when he was growing up. After helping his childhood sweetheart who is a policewomen solve a case, he discovered the correct way to use this ability.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Point & Click 13%, Adventure 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Point & Click 10.6%, Adventure 9.2%
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Adventure 16.5%, Point & Click 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
A short visual novel with quizzes to help you dip your toes into the world of startups.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Historical 24.1%, Adventure 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 24.6%, Medieval 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Point & Click 8.1%
Fifteen people wake in a prison-like facility. A deadly “selection game” begins. Each survival restores fragments of memory—yet they don’t connect. What is the game’s true purpose? A multi-ending death-game adventure shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Adventure 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Gore 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
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 28.8%, Medieval 18.2%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, RPG 9.1%
A singleplayer, story game where you can make decisions and read your way through history.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Historical 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Medieval 10.4%, Adventure 8.2%
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Medieval 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Adventure 10.8%
A story of a little girl joining the Red Army and finishing the Long March, while discovering her true faith.
Why similar: Historical 34.3%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Adventure 9.5%
Travel to Poland in 1772, experience life as a servant, and solve a mystery at court!
Why similar: Historical 41.6%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Story Rich 5.6%
Summona Realm is a simple visual novel that uses a map-based system to navigate the story. The game gives the feel of black and white Japanese manga.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Medieval 20.2%, Point & Click 18.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
A small visual novel about the adventures of a guy named Leon, who wants to change his past. During his school years, a lot of interesting things happened, there were a lot of girls, and where is all this now… That's what Leon thought until he found an amulet that could send him back several years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
A classic medieval point & click first person adventure game.
Why similar: Medieval 29.6%, Adventure 21.2%, Point & Click 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
The first chapter of a hand-drawn 2D point-and-click adventure, Unfolded : Camellia Tales. Follow the journey of Herman, a boy who lived through the most tragic times in the history of Jeju Island, Korea. Explore the beautiful wilderness and experience the coming-of-age story.
Why similar: Adventure 23%, Point & Click 22.9%, Historical 21.1%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, 2D 9.1%
Conquering of the Royal Keep is a choice-driven visual novel where a squire braves deadly trials, unravels dark mysteries, and endures each fatal loop until the secrets of the keep are finally conquered.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Medieval 18.7%, Point & Click 17.9%, Adventure 17.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
Comical visual novel: Run as Melos to save your friend from execution! Solve mysteries, reminisce, and conquer dance, puzzle, and rock-paper-scissors mini-games with smart choices.
Why similar: Medieval 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Historical 10.6%
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Adventure 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Adventure 10.5%
実在の近世ヨーロッパ王家をモチーフにした、オカルティックノベルゲーム。 絵画のようなクラシカルなビジュアルと、断絶した一族の謎が織りなす ダークファンタジー。
Why similar: Medieval 26%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Historical 18.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Hand-drawn 5.8%
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: Visual Novel 26.2%, Medieval 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, RPG 8.7%
In a shattered post-apocalyptic world, your story is forged through tension, intrigue, and humanity. Traverse hidden paths, witness multiple perspectives, and shape the fate of the last refuge. Will you wield cold steel or ignite the flame of empathy?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Adventure 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, 2D 8.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
You're a stranger who has come to Lostworth, a town full of people lost in the darkness of the Middle Ages. Your purpose: help them spiritually. For this, you've only books, potions, spells and words. In time, as you uncover the secrets of the city, you'll also have to face threats from the past.
Why similar: Adventure 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Medieval 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
The darkest game in 2022 , depends not only on how dark it is, but also on how dark readers can imagine it. The goal of the game is not to kill dragons, but to control "which character releases skills" and "which character dies first" to obtain different game endings.
Why similar: Medieval 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Point & Click 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10%
In the winter of 210 AD, the renowned genius strategist Zhōu Yú died of illness. Qiáo Qīng, his widowed concubine, reminisces on their bittersweet relationship while going through the belongs in their bedroom. The player's choices affect her sentiment, which in turn affects how the game ends.
Why similar: Historical 36.4%, Visual Novel 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, RPG 5.7%
"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: Visual Novel 29.6%, Medieval 25.7%, Adventure 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Indie 1.7%
A human drama novel game set in a bar with the theme of "companion". Enjoy the "Speak Easy" atmosphere that mixes the liveliness of a bar with the stylishness of a bar.
Why similar: Historical 26%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Emotional 8.3%
As a Ming officer in 1645’s Yangzhou & Jiangyin massacres, shield a girl from shouma fate while obeying orders. In 1937’s Battle of Yangzhou, protect a war journalist returned from Japan. Your choices decide their survival and shape their fates across 300 years.
Why similar: Historical 32.9%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
古代重生题材文字冒险游戏,改编自小说《金瓶梅》。北宋政和年间,清河县出了一位大财主西门庆,风流倜傥,妻妾众多,却也在纸醉金迷中走向宿命终局。而如今,你化身西门庆,重来一世,命运的罗盘交到你手中。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Historical 18.4%, Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 2. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to choose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Point & Click 18.1%, Medieval 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Adventure 12.1%
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间,科举省试方毕,汴京国子监突发连环命案,遇害者死状惊悚离奇,如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博,通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局,找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Historical 35%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Adventure 19.4%, Story Rich 7.9%, 2D 4.3%
Fire from the Sky: Cagliari 1943 VR is an immersive experience that transports you to the dramatic days of the Allied bombings over Cagliari during World War II.
Why similar: Historical 30.4%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Adventure 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Singleplayer 1.2%
This is an AVG trying to tell a story about a city under British governance. In 1970s, newspapers were rife with exaggerated title and drama plots. Xu Dan, a fresh journalist accidentally ran into a collaboration of cops and mafia.
Why similar: Historical 27.6%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: Historical 19.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Medieval 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Point & Click 14.7%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.
Why similar: Historical 23%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Point & Click 13.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Hand-drawn 7.7%