60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Story Rich.
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
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.
Vulnerable
Embody a displaced therapist in a futuristic refugee camp. Discover the life in the camp and share your everyday life alongside people with heavy pasts. Use logic and your therapeutic skills to solve mysteries threatening both your survival and the camp.
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Dynamic Narration 13.8% ★, Historical 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Embody a displaced therapist in a futuristic refugee camp. Discover the life in the camp and share your everyday life alongside people with heavy pasts. Use logic and your therapeutic skills to solve mysteries threatening both your survival and the camp.
Why similar: Comic Book 13.1%, Detective 12.4%, Dynamic Narration 11.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Text-Based 8.9%
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Text-Based 9.4%
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Dynamic Narration 13.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Historical 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.5%, Detective 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Conversation 10.1%, Historical 8.6%
Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Dynamic Narration 15% ★, Text-Based 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Narration 10.2%
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: Detective 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Comic Book 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Historical 9.6%
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Historical 12.9%, Narration 11.3%, Detective 11.1%, Conversation 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Narration 13.1%, Dynamic Narration 9.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 10%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Nonlinear 8.2%
Horny Academy is an adult visual novel that blends interactive storytelling with a deep, branching narrative. Every choice you make leads to steamy animated scenes or unexpected twists within the mysterious walls of the magical Academy
Why similar: Narration 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%
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 21.7%, Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Conversation 10.1%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Narration 9.2%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Conversation 9.8%
This visual novel is the story of a boy and a robot traveling through a world where hatred and violence threaten life, where humans are more dangerous than machines, and machines are more dangerous than humanity. The game features fictional mechanical puzzles.
Why similar: Comic Book 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Conversation 13.6%, Narration 11.5%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Nonlinear 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Conversation 10.1%, Detective 9.6%
何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Comic Book 19.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 11.9%, Conversation 9.4%
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.9%, Nonlinear 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Historical 13.2%, Text-Based 12%, Narration 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%
A fantasy interactive tale about the beast-man Hidu investigating murders in a port city.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Narration 11.2%, Visual Novel 8.4%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Detective 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 9%
A visual novel based on Touhou Project, made by fans for fans and others! Embark on the investigation of the greatest incident in Gensokyo's history and discover the terrifying truth of the youkai world with Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sakuya Izayoi and other heroines!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.6% ★, Detective 16.3%, Text-Based 12%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Nonlinear 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 13.8%, Narration 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Nonlinear 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Pale Flamingos is a visual novel murder mystery with choices and a branching narrative. The year is 1986; the place, Miami. Florita and Melba, two Cuban grandmothers, are at the Miami Travel Agents' Convention where the owner of St. Neville Airways is found dead. Florita and Melba investigate.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Historical 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%
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: Nonlinear 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Text-Based 11.2%
A dark and suspenseful narrative RPG about an Italian mafia family, where morality is tested with every branching decision.
Why similar: Comic Book 13%, Detective 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Narration 10.2%, Text-Based 9.2%
Holy Deadline is a surreal, story-rich visual novel where you play as a demigod lawyer. You have one week to investigate the divine divorce of Adam and Eve! Flirt, drink, raise your stats and make bold choices in minigames and Heaven's drama.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Detective 14.8%, Narration 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Nonlinear 10%
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: Comic Book 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.8% ★, Comic Book 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Detective 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.1%
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 15.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Text-Based 11.8%, Comic Book 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Narration 9.8%
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: Visual Novel 12%, Detective 11.7%, Text-Based 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Narration 8.6%
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Historical 11%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Text-Based 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Survive the Midnight Man in this horror comedy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Dynamic Narration 16.9% ★, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Narration 9.9%
Play as the Count of Monte Cristo in 19th-century France. Charm & Dominate your enemies. Exploit their weaknesses, and orchestrate their downfall in this gripping narrative-driven tale of revenge.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Dynamic Narration 15.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Comic Book 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Dynamic Narration 9.2% ★
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Narration 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Comic Book 10.2%
La Dimensione Interna (The Dimension Within) is a third person 3D narrative adventure game in which you'll play as Giorgio, a journalist living in a small town in Tuscany, Italy, during his worst moment in life.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Conversation 10.1%
Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style. It tells the story of a group of young manga artists who are trapped in a suburban farm.
Why similar: Comic Book 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.6%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Historical 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Conversation 10.2%
A magical-realist visual novel, a funny and sad tale about ghosts of a Ukrainian subway, and an exploration of the meaning of life where there seems to be no meaning.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Comic Book 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%
What are the crazy chemists doing in their laboratories? Is the military test range near the town really dangerous? What is the doctor’s secret? Undelivered is a detective quest where you have to find the answers to all these questions and decide what to do next!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.3% ★, Detective 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Narration 11.6%, Conversation 10.3%
A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.2% ★, Text-Based 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Narration 10.4%
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Comic Book 13%, Text-Based 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14.5% ★, Narration 13.1%, Comic Book 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Nonlinear 9.6%
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Historical 12.7%, Text-Based 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Narration 10.7%
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 17.4%, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Nonlinear 10.7%
This grim interactive novel takes you directly into a period full of dread and peril - the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 15.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Historical 12%, Text-Based 11.9%, Nonlinear 10.9%
"Curiosity killed the cat, but after satisfying it she was resurrected." This game is a visual novel. Features of the game - puzzles and several endings, depending on your choice.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.1% ★, Detective 17.4%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Take a Hint! is a comic-style visual novel where you control Delfina and must convince your best friend Ailén that her boyfriend is not good for her. It won't be easy, and no one will leave until the truth comes out.
Why similar: Comic Book 21.1%, Conversation 15%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dynamic Narration 11.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
A chaotic and bold visual novel where every absurd decision shapes a branching interactive story. Play as a washed-up wrestler in a quick, comic-strip format with full voice over and many endings.
Why similar: Comic Book 17%, Text-Based 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Dynamic Narration 9.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
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: Dynamic Narration 17.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Historical 11.9%, Narration 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Comic Book 13.6%, Text-Based 10.2%, Narration 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
A war of unseen ferocity is ravaging the continent. You, ringmaster dilettante, must keep the circus afloat. Travel, entertain, and keep the troupe’s spirits up while trying to find a mythical safe haven to last out the storm in this beautifully illustrated, text-based narrative adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Nonlinear 9.3%, Historical 9.3%
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 13.5%, Dynamic Narration 13% ★, Nonlinear 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%
