60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich.
Tensions both political and personal are rising at the Brightworld mining colony. In this dynamic sci-fi visual novel you must decide where your heart and loyalties lie if you’re to shape the future and save yourself.
Alcyone: The Last City
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Mother May I
Unravel the story of three siblings determined to break free from the iron grip of an AI named "Mother." In a world of virtual imprisonment, navigate rebellion, unveil dark secrets, and fight for freedom. Will you defy Mother's control, or succumb to her virtual prison?
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Dystopian 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Emotional 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Text-Based 9.9%
Unravel the story of three siblings determined to break free from the iron grip of an AI named "Mother." In a world of virtual imprisonment, navigate rebellion, unveil dark secrets, and fight for freedom. Will you defy Mother's control, or succumb to her virtual prison?
Why similar: Dystopian 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Futuristic 10.9%
The price of tomorrow is a story-driven sci-fi drama about the choice between a corporation and the people of planet Chenora. As Jack Butler, you negotiate, break taboos, and decide the planet’s fate. Yield to the temptations of Omnilat — and choose wisely.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Futuristic 11.6%, Choices Matter 9%
A Hand-Drawn Visual Novel Essay Game
Why similar: Dystopian 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Dystopian 20.1%, Text-Based 14.3%, Political 13.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
You are an anthropod, a synthetically crafted life form. Your objective is to save the ones who are stuck on an uninhabited planet. Persuade, charm, manipulate: use your ultimate power—freedom of choice—in sci-fi role playing hyper variative game LOCUS EQUATION.
Why similar: Emotional 19.4%, Dystopian 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Futuristic 11.6%
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 24.7%, Emotional 19.1%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Text-Based 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.
Why similar: Emotional 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%
The median lifespan of a new operative is 8 minutes. Try to beat the average. Hack a dying space station, outsmart a corrupted AI, and dodge rogue autodocs in cheesy FMV glory. Halcyon HR reminds you that dying on the clock instantly voids your pension. 12 brutal endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Text-Based 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Futuristic 10.1%
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!
Why similar: Emotional 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 6.3%
Oddware is a science fiction visual novel about androids in space. You play as an android who meets other androids each with a distinct personalities. Your choices with the other androids will not only shape their personalities, but your own as well. Solve puzzles, mysteries, and your own origins.
Why similar: Dystopian 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Futuristic 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Capitalism 10.8%
Live a day-in-the-life of a cyborg mechanic in a soft-apocalyptic future where disease is staved off with hard work and metal parts. Choose your person, romantic or otherwise, and walk their unique path through the walled city. Manage the shop and grow your future in one of 6 separate endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.4%, Emotional 13%, Capitalism 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
An 8-bit sci-fi action-adventure game about learning presence through a child's lucid dream.
Why similar: Dystopian 23.8%, Emotional 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Futuristic 14.1%, Space 6.9%
Visual novel set in Chile, 1973. The military dictatorship rises up, and a family of siblings try to live their daily life, interrupted by the regime's activities. You will be cornered and forced to take tough decisions that will test your morality. Remember: Every decision will have consequences.
Why similar: Dystopian 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Political 9.8% ★, Hand-drawn 7.3%
MINISTRY OF TRUTH: 1984 is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society. Become an official, manipulate facts, rewrite history, and provide the ‘truth’ to the public. Choose: obey or fight against the regime. Big Brother is watching you! This game is inspired by George Orwell’s classic novel.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.6%, Emotional 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Political 12.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.
Why similar: Emotional 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Political 12.4% ★, Text-Based 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.2%
Work as a body modification consultant in a dystopian future. Talk to clients, make recommendations, and decide how much to upsell them. Balance helping others with earning enough to save your sick rabbit. Make decisions and change lives.
Why similar: Dystopian 23.7%, Emotional 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Emotional 10.1%, Text-Based 8.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Emotional 11.9%, Text-Based 11.3%
"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.
Why similar: Emotional 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Futuristic 13.5%, Visual Novel 8.6%
"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: Emotional 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Hand-drawn 13%
A visual novel about grief, memory and acceptance. Nayara is a painter of memories: she digs into her clients’ minds to change or even erase their memories. One day she realizes she has altered her own memory. What was so painful or unbearable that she wanted to forget it for good?
Why similar: Emotional 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
If an AI were sentient, how would you know if they were malfunctioning, or experiencing a mental health problem? A story-rich game that explores mental health and AI ethics in the form of therapy sessions with a sentient AI.
Why similar: Emotional 21.6%, Dystopian 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 20.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Emotional 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Immerse yourself in a dark sci-fi visual novel that tells a rich story through cinematic shots and meaningful dialogues with various characters. Every choice shapes the future. Every phrase and overlooked detail can cost the lives of all mankind. So make your choice with caution.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.4%, Emotional 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Futuristic 7%
Missing Pieces is a story-driven adventure in a vibrant alien world, full of hidden secrets, a plethora of languages and a sparkling cast of characters: lovable rogues, heartbroken families, and questionable allies. Find friendship and love, learn about yourself and discover who you really are!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Futuristic 13.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Space 8%
A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.
Why similar: Mechs 18.4% ★, Emotional 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Futuristic 10.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Text-Based 17%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.2%
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Emotional 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Dystopian 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Text-Based 8.5%
Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements. Wake up in a futuristic room with no memory, and unravel the mysteries of your past. Experience deep storytelling, meet intriguing characters, and uncover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Emotional 31.3%, Text-Based 17.5%, Futuristic 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
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: Emotional 39.6%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 5.2%
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Emotional 11.1%
A visual novel about depression and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind players.
Why similar: Emotional 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Emotional 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.
Why similar: Emotional 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 9.1%
In 120 Yen series, each season has a unique heroine. By using the four seasons of Japan to tell the story of two people meeting and getting along through the keyword "120 yen".
Why similar: Emotional 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, Text-Based 7.5%
Your job is your life. Work for Glaucon Inc. processing debtors and making as much money as you can, while you slowly recall your past, and the truth.
Why similar: Dystopian 40.9%, Text-Based 22.4%, Capitalism 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Story Rich 7.9%
Ichth.ys is a visual novel with turn-based combat where your choices affect the story! You follow Fraser, a hacker who was recently expelled from university, in a tale of mystery, deception, censorship, freedom, and board game cafes!
Why similar: Dystopian 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Capitalism 10.3%, Political 10.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
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: Emotional 32.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 12%, Choices Matter 8.9%
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Emotional 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 14%
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Emotional 33.4%, Dystopian 24.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Story Rich 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
90 minutes remain until the world ends. Will you face the end with regret or go out with a bang?”
Why similar: Dystopian 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Emotional 23.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Adventure 1.8%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Emotional 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 11%
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
Why similar: Dystopian 23.7%, Emotional 18.1%, Political 11.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
Horror Visual Novel where Cats claw through filth for bones and whisper lies to mirrors. Find the Hidden-Objects, obey, smile, and repeat until the lines between rule and ruin blur, and you’re left meowing into the void.
Why similar: Dystopian 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Emotional 15.2%, Capitalism 12%, Visual Novel 10.9%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Dystopian 23.1%, Emotional 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Emotional 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Hand-drawn 11.6%
In a world of corrupted memories, you traverse the remains of a once flourishing city. Shadows flicker around you and metallic echoes pulse through your mind. Search for your father's legacy to regain your forgotten past. But beware! Each step takes you deeper into a waking nightmare.
Why similar: Dystopian 35.9%, Emotional 26%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Futuristic 8.8%, Story Rich 7.3%
- Cannibalism X superpowers X Suspense X Original worldview - "Fried Chicken Wings Cause a Love Fire" is a BL mystery comedy long visual novel. It uses the first-person perspective with a fixed protagonist, Aris; contains elements of horror and sexual innuendo.
Why similar: Dystopian 30%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Emotional 10%, Visual Novel 8.2%
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Emotional 25.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Text-Based 12.4%
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Emotional 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Futuristic 10.6%
The story of a father and son experiencing the ups and downs of life, and how they try to make the best of the twists and turns life puts them through
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Emotional 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Space 6.7%
You are in love with Kate, a beautiful and determined woman who is part of the rebooters movement. She encourages you to keep going by getting involved in the fight against the Accumulator, but you fear that the buts will catch you. Aren't Kate and the reboot worth any risk?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Emotional 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Futuristic 11.5%
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.
Why similar: Emotional 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
