- #1 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
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: Text-Based 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Nonlinear 12.2%, CRPG 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #2 True Magician
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark CitadelPub: Brezg Studio
Windows
How do you become a true magician? Find out in True Magician, an interactive text adventure with RPG elements. Travel through the kingdom with your teacher, learn the art of magic, fight enemies and make friends. And remember, the world is not what it seems!
Why similar: CRPG 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Nonlinear 9.6%
- #3 Tri City Monsters
96% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #4 OTHERS
95% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: CRPG 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Text-Based 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #5 Robot's Fate: Alice
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
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: CRPG 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Narration 9.1%
- #6 Not It: Spookiest Edition
94% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Narration 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #7 Choose Your Own Alternative
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. You have 30 days to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: CRPG 16.3%, Text-Based 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #8 Mass of Consumption
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 13.9%, Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #9 The Peresmeshnik
92% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #10 The Castle
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sankurusu
Windows · Linux
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Narration 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #11 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 13.6%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #12 Tower of the Ice Lich
89% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Lore-Rich 16%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #13 Ostera : The curse of...
87% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Profits Troll Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ostera: The curse of... Join the Adventure! Shape Your Destiny, Kiss Rats, and Slap Kids!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #14 Non-Linear Text Quests
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Linux
Non-Linear Text Quests is a bundle of text games of various genres. Here you can find interactive stories with branching plots and text-only versions of classic Point & Click quests, where you can communicate with different characters, use your inventory and combine items in various locations.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Narration 10.6%
- #15 Monsters of Little Haven
88% matchVery Positive88% of 436 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Narration 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #16 Weirdo
86% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: CASCHA GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Parallel-Weirdo is a Japanese manga-style visual novel set in DYL High School. It follows Wang Zhe, an ordinary and frail boy, who tries to win the hearts of girls and complete his experiments. He gets entangled in bizarre events, plunging into darkness. Each choice you make determines his fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Dark Humor 10.2%
- #17 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: CRPG 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #18 All (Too) Good Things
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
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 25%, Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #19 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
84% matchVery Positive100% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Narration 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #20 Border of her Heart
86% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Nonlinear 9.4%
- #21 Into Oblivion
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Text-Based 16.5%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Space 6.1%
- #22 Vanakan
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Text-Based 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #23 ghostpia Season One
82% matchVery Positive94% of 923 reviews2023
Dev: ChosuidoPub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.
Why similar: Text-Based 15%, CRPG 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #24 Before They Catch Us
81% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.4%
- #25 Wildwake
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #26 Shadow of Paris
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aris Script
Windows
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 17.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Nonlinear 9.5%, Narration 9.5%
- #27 Moonbriar
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #28 XVTM
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Mischief and Craft
Windows
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #29 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 16.1%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%
- #30 Reignfall: Fallen Crown
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semih AlarPub: ITIAH Games
Windows
A dark fantasy roguelite card game where choices matter. Swipe cards, make moral decisions, build your skill tree — spin the Wheel of Kings and survive until the year 2000, or watch your kingdom fall.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Dark Humor 13%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Nonlinear 10.8%
- #31 Sir Bucket
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Christian KielPub: FatLadGames
Windows
Sir Bucket is a choose-your-own-adventure game set in a fantasy world with over 30 different endings. Explore the world and have your story told by a wisecracking narrator.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Narration 12.4%
- #32 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
75% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Narration 11.1%, Dark Humor 10.6%
- #33 Fugue of Delights
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Enygmage
Windows
A daemonic, handcrafted visual novel where your choices shape erotic dreams, secrets, and ritual desires.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Nonlinear 10%
- #34 Vogvhathos
76% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows
As an elf in a panicked flight from home, you discover a more dangerous secret: a human claiming to be a dragon.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #35 The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves is an adventure visual novel about the heroic feats of the intrepid warrior Ragnar. Now you can become the famed adventurer Ragnar and bravely seek out all-new original adventures in this exciting game. Delve into the mysteries of the caves and discover what lies in waiting below.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Narration 13%, Violent 11.9%, Nonlinear 11.8%
- #36 Witchlight Woods
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Horror 8.7%
- #37 Runet Legend
74% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ProjectKukuevo
Windows · Mac · Linux
To move further along the plot, you need to complete quests, look for various items that will help you get closer to the finale. Exciting adventures, secrets of the past and difficult decisions are waiting for you. Control the fate of Ozon671Games and help him figure out this difficult situation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Narration 15.9%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Space 8.7%
- #38 Horny Academy
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wet Ink
Windows
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: Text-Based 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Narration 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #39 Contra Spem Spero
72% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.8%
- #40 The Nascent Necromancer
73% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #41 Dead Gods Realm: Morar
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WAVE gamedev team
Windows
Narrative RPG inspired by works of H.P. Lovecraft, celtic myths, rapiers and gunpowder. World awaits the Arrival of unknown creatures. It needs a hero who would stop the menace. Or he won't. He may even join them. Only you shall decide who would Morar become.
Why similar: CRPG 18.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.8%
- #42 Welcome Home, Sweetie
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koro Pixel Studio
Windows
Experience a gruesome adventure in monochrome 4-color pixel art. Exit the castle and figure out what happened by investigating objects and fighting enemies - remember, you only have one life.
Why similar: CRPG 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Narration 9.8%
- #43 Holy Shift
72% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Dark Humor 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #44 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
71% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #45 Five Biggest Accomplishments
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #46 Message in a Melody
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #47 CRIME, LAWN, REPEAT
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blvck Sheep
Windows
Behind the perfectly trimmed lawn lies the perfect crime. In visual novel CRIME LAWN REPEAT you step into a world of suburban secrets, where every cheerful “good morning” might lead to an investigation. Water the flowers. Hide the evidence. Don’t get caught.
Why similar: CRPG 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Narration 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #48 Transparent
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DamDSN
Windows
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 22.5%, Narration 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #49 命运之轮(序章)/Journey of Destiny(dependent origination)
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cai JiahePub: Changle Games
Windows
A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #50 History of Dragosa
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Multiple Endings 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Text-Based 13.4%
- #51 Fixer's Tale
69% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Emblem Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #52 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
68% matchVery Positive98% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Narration 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #53 The Portal Pirate
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Narration 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #54 10:16
67% matchVery Positive87% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: Catsket
Windows · Mac · Linux
To get to heaven, you must climb the Nine Circles of Hell. But you might never make it to the depths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Text-Based 23.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Narration 11.1%, Choices Matter 10%
- #55 The Trials - Chapter Two
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Text-Based 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #56 Aunewyth
69% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #57 Vacation Terminal
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Text-Based 8.1%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
- #58 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
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 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #59 Knight, Death and the Devil
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frequency eye
Windows
Knight, Death and the Devil — This is a dark visual novel that will take you into a creepy world full of danger and unexpected twists.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Narration 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #60 Whispers From The Rift
66% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Horror 9.7%