- #1 Town of Dusk
97% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Thriller 42.4%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Multiple Endings 20.7%, RPG 7.8%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #2 Staffer Reborn
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 922 reviews2024
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Dark Fantasy 27.6%, Cartoon 13%, Story Rich 11%, Anime 8.7%
- #3 Nobody Nowhere
95% matchVery Positive94% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: 深渊标记 Tag:hadal
Windows
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Word Game 28.6%, RPG 15.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Anime 10%
- #4 Sovietpunk: Chapter one
96% matchMixed69% of 192 reviews2021
Dev: Hot Chill
Windows
Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing.
Why similar: Visual Novel 61.9%, Story Rich 18.7%, RPG 17.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #5 1997
94% matchVery Positive92% of 245 reviews2023
Dev: Hit'n'Run Digital Studio
Windows · Mac
Detective visual novel about mysteries of rural Russian town in 90-s, anime style.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Word Game 25.8%, Thriller 21%, 1990's 15.7%, Anime 7.3%
- #6 Knell of St. Godhrkar
93% matchVery Positive94% of 1,545 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: Visual Novel 35.2%, Word Game 30.7%, RPG 19.4%, Story Rich 9.5%, Anime 4.1%
- #7 ALLBLACK Phase 1
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 102 reviews2020
Dev: NSAID
Windows · Mac · Linux
ALLBLACK Phase 1 is a visual novel adapted from light novel with the same title. Follow the journey of the amnesiac and seemingly abnormal "Theodore Quentin" as he uncovers his identity while escaping from the people who wants him at all cost...
Why similar: Thriller 47.8%, Visual Novel 34.3%, Anime 8.3%, Story Rich 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #8 The Nameless: Slay Dragon
91% matchVery Positive92% of 1,994 reviews2024
Dev: The Nameless EpicPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.7%, CRPG 21.7%, RPG 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #9 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
91% 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 26.6%, Word Game 24.8%, RPG 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
- #10 Sixtieth Kilometer
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,786 reviews2016
Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You're going to work by train, but strange things happens on the way: the train stops, the pink fog appears outside and the man who came off the train immediately dies. The main characters turned out to be locked in the train without any clues about what's happening...
Why similar: Visual Novel 88.5%, Multiple Endings 6.3%, Story Rich 2.7%, Anime 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #11 Kanna Maze
89% matchVery Positive89% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Word Game 37.8%, RPG 23.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #12 SELF
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 275 reviews2020
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?
Why similar: Word Game 74.9%, Story Rich 20.9%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #13 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
88% matchVery Positive94% of 89 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: Visual Novel 68.5%, Story Rich 16.7%, Anime 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #14 Word Game
86% matchVery Positive94% of 6,324 reviews2022
Dev: Team9
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 26.2%, Magic 23.7%, Word Game 20.8%, RPG 19.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #15 Survive In Russia
89% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Alexander Sablin
Windows · Mac
Survive in Russia is a survival quest in Russia. You will be available a selection of characters. Each of them presents survival mode and story mode. Only on your choice will depend on the life of the character.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.9%, Multiple Endings 31.2%, RPG 20.6%, Story Rich 11%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #16 Chernobyl: Origins
87% matchVery Positive85% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Nelset
Windows · Linux
"Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
- #17 Neoproxima
85% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Lonestone Studio
Windows
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: RPG 37.9%, Visual Novel 35.2%, Story Rich 24.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #18 Yet Another Killing Game
82% matchVery Positive98% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Thriller 38.6%, Visual Novel 27%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Story Rich 7%, Anime 6.9%
- #19 Suhoshin
84% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Thriller 37.3%, Visual Novel 31%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Story Rich 7.7%, Anime 6.9%
- #20 For Your Tranquility
84% matchMixed68% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Visual Novel 62.4%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #21 Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,076 reviews2026
Dev: yattytheman
Windows · Linux
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Thriller 57.5%, 1990's 16.1%, Story Rich 13.7%, RPG 12.6%
- #22 Tell Me Everything
86% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Word Game 45.9%, RPG 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #23 文字遊戯(日本語版)
82% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Team9Pub: Flyhigh Works
Windows · Mac
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Magic 49.5%, RPG 33%, Story Rich 14.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #24 Aimi
83% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Toasty
Windows · Mac
Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, RPG 36.2%, Story Rich 22.6%
- #25 文字遊戯 第零章(日本語版)
81% matchVery Positive97% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Team9Pub: Flyhigh Works
Windows · Mac
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: RPG 47.2%, Magic 29.4%, Story Rich 23.4%
- #26 Word Game: Episode 0
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,566 reviews2021
Dev: Team9
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Magic 49.6%, RPG 35.7%, Story Rich 14.7%
- #27 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Visual Novel 42.7%, Multiple Endings 24.2%, RPG 13.4%, Anime 9.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #28 The Days Without Gods
81% matchVery Positive86% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: 季森造纸工坊Pub: WindField Games
Windows
The Days Without Gods is a text-based DND fantasy ADV in which the player takes on the role of Mori Granson, an apprentice and subordinate of Hysso, the president of the Magic Association, and meets Coccinea, a young girl he rescued years ago, and other characters in the mage capital of Tylin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, Magic 24.3%, Drama 20.3%, RPG 14%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #29 Myths of Rules
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,032 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Word Game 64%, Story Rich 13.8%, 1990's 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, RPG 4.1%
- #30 start;again
79% matchVery Positive95% of 182 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.4%, Multiple Endings 29.5%, Anime 10.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #31 Even20: The Interference of Parallels
77% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: SilverEyesPub: Wisdom Games Publishing
Windows · Mac
Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.
Why similar: Thriller 49.3%, RPG 20.2%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Story Rich 7.7%, Anime 3.9%
- #32 Snowfall's Mystery
76% matchVery Positive87% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.5%, Multiple Endings 32.4%, Story Rich 13%
- #33 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
77% matchVery Positive87% of 288 reviews2021
Dev: Trinitite Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.4%, Story Rich 17.2%, Anime 14.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #34 RGB GlitchGazer
74% 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: Visual Novel 45.2%, Word Game 21.2%, Multiple Endings 20.7%, Anime 10.6%, Story Rich 2.2%
- #35 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: Different Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?
Why similar: Thriller 31.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, RPG 11.7%
- #36 Siberian Way
75% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: RootGame
Windows
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Visual Novel 81.1%, Story Rich 16.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #37 The Murder Hotel
73% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Thriller 32.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Anime 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #38 A War of a Madman's Making
74% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.6%, Multiple Endings 26.6%, RPG 13.8%, Story Rich 11.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #39 Absent in the Rain
73% matchVery Positive94% of 825 reviews2022
Dev: D10RAMA
Windows
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?
Why similar: Visual Novel 62.6%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, Anime 7.7%, Story Rich 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #40 The Sin Collector: Repentless
75% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Magic 16.1%, CRPG 15.7%, Multiple Endings 14.2%
- #41 i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself
72% matchVery Positive94% of 139 reviews2023
Dev: Ricardo Cancela
Windows
A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom?
Why similar: Visual Novel 84.5%, Story Rich 13.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #42 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.1%, Multiple Endings 25.3%, RPG 13.4%, Story Rich 9.6%, Anime 9.4%
- #43 Liquidators
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,204 reviews2020
Dev: Gray Unit
Windows
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
Why similar: Thriller 63.6%, Multiple Endings 33.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #44 Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
70% matchVery Positive94% of 4,035 reviews2023
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Thriller 31.1%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Story Rich 8.5%, Cartoon 7.3%
- #45 Hello my World! Lily.
70% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Black Leaf Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Thriller 41.3%, Anime 9.3%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #46 Nuclear Day
71% matchMixed67% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nuclear Day is a story-based role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore the secrets of this world. Fight monsters. Pass tests and solve puzzles. Become your own in this tragic world.
Why similar: CRPG 58.9%, RPG 41.1%
- #47 Hira Hira Hihiru
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"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 53.7%, Drama 27.3%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Anime 4.4%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #48 Project Vostok: Episode 1
71% matchVery Positive83% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.4%, Multiple Endings 27.7%, Anime 11.4%, Story Rich 9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #49 Uberich: Advent Sinners
68% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Word Game 29.1%, RPG 17.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Anime 7.7%
- #50 It was a human.
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 484 reviews2024
Dev: Loser/sPub: GAMER Plan
Windows
A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 61.9%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Anime 13.1%, Story Rich 4.4%, RPG 4%
- #51 The Occult Detective
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 326 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Drama 23.9%, RPG 15.8%, Story Rich 11.4%, Anime 8.8%
- #52 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
67% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Word Game 19.3%, Drama 18%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, RPG 12.3%
- #53 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
67% matchVery Positive93% of 662 reviews2025
Dev: 红锈雨
Windows
Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You is an adventure game featuring a turn-based ATB system. Step into the shoes of Yue Qing, an ordinary high schooler thrust into a world of darkness as an otherworldly force tears reality asunder. Navigate a ruined world and end the filth festering within humanity.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 32.8%, Magic 29.2%, RPG 21%, Story Rich 8.9%, Multiple Endings 4.6%
- #54 Amarantus
70% matchVery Positive80% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: ub4q
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Multiple Endings 36.1%, Story Rich 16.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #55 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
68% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Visual Novel 60.2%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Anime 15.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #56 Prison Notes
67% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: 闻岚工坊(Vinland Studio)Pub: Starsea Games
Windows
Prison Notes is a RPG with text-based ADV and cultivation elements. You act as a young migrant worker, wrongly imprisoned in the prison known as "The Coral Reef".What challenges and adventures are awaiting? Will you finally find a way out? Your choices and actions will decide the end of your story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.2%, Multiple Endings 23%, RPG 22.4%, Story Rich 10%, Anime 6.4%
- #57 No, I'm not a Voenkom
69% matchMixed46% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...
Why similar: RPG 32.7%, Thriller 25.1%, Multiple Endings 21.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #58 "I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)
67% matchVery Positive90% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: SameFramePub: RBL LABS
Windows
The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.7%, 1990's 28.2%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #59 Train of Afterlife
73% 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 70.2%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Anime 9.8%, Story Rich 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #60 Misty Judgment
63% matchVery Positive94% of 1,414 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Word Game 23.3%, Multiple Endings 21.3%, RPG 13.7%, Story Rich 7.9%