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Stories Want to be Told is an adventure game. It is more like an interactive story telling game. This the first episode The Prohecy

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.9%, Visual Novel 22%, Exploration 11.3%, Futuristic 10.3%, Adventure 8.6%

Snipping. Pruning. Eating. At what point are you no longer human? IF WE MAKE IT HOME. is a short narrative space thriller, about an advanced space suit ensuring survival at all costs. Inspired by 'The Suit', by Scott Base.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Cinematic 21.4%, Dynamic Narration 10% ★, Adventure 9.5%, Space 8.3%

A masked killer hunts you in the dark. Manage noise and light, hide quickly, and survive this intense 60–90 minute first-person stealth horror experience inspired by classic 80s slasher films.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Cinematic 20%, 1980s 15.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Exploration 10.4%

This is the Last Time is a minimalist first-person narrative game with a dark and heavy atmosphere.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41%, Adventure 23.1%, Exploration 14.6%, 3D 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Follow the Journey, follow your wish and see what it has to teach you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Adventure 16.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 10%

Imagine being the only survivor of an explosion that kills thousands of people. That is the fate of Sofya Rykov. And survival is just the beginning of her tale... Episode 0: The Immolation is a free, standalone chapter in the Echoes of the Fey adventure game/visual novel series.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Adventure 30.2%, Visual Novel 28%, Indie 5.9%, Story Rich 3.8%

A horror adventure where you confront supernatural phenomena and unravel mysteries in a school transformed into another world, all to save your childhood friend. Exploration, combat, and psychological terror await you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Adventure 16.9%, Cinematic 13.5%, Exploration 8.6%

Escape the shady brackwater swamp together with the Professor and the Captn in a small Cutter, in a short, text-heavy, linear Horror-Adventure (without Jumpscares).

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 8.8%, 3D 7.7%

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 27.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Futuristic 11.6%, Space 10.3%, Adventure 9.3%

Discover the depth of your personality while journeying along the path of initiation as the young Viking Olaf. Every choice will impact your environment, and contribute to a map of your archetypal psychology. Embrace your inner warrior, lover, chieftain, and druid - and change the world!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Cinematic 18.1%, Adventure 12.6%, Exploration 10%

"Laser Tag Massacre" is a narrative-driven horror game inspired by 80s slasher movies, with a PS1-style aesthetic. On Halloween night, five friends throw a party in an abandoned arcade deep in rural Campinas, Brazil. What begins as a fun game of laser tag quickly spirals into their worst nightmare.

Why similar: 1980s 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Cinematic 20.2%, Retro 9.3%, Adventure 7.6%

After coming home from work, the usual atmosphere is different. Suddenly, someone appears and starts giving you terrifying and strange tasks.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Adventure 21.9%, Exploration 14%, Survival Horror 10.6%, 3D 8.7%

This is a new type of ADV game that uses both 2D and 3D. It is important to clear the various stages prepared by the programmer for each stage.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Cinematic 15.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 9.6%

Join a boy named Timothy and his alien friend Gus on a journey of self discovery as they explore the colorful world of Fragment.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Adventure 21.1%, 1980s 20%, Exploration 12.6%, Retro 6.9%

Awaken in a ruined world with no memory. A second chance to redeem yourself, but survival is a daily challenge. Aid survivors, manage madness with a black cat's help, and uncover your true purpose.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Cinematic 19.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 9.5%

Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, 1980s 15.9%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Cinematic 11.5%, Exploration 10%

GodSend is a first person, story focused game, set in a dystopian theocracy. It features a multitude of minigames, varying from puzzle games, arcade games, and many more. Talk with the gods, solve their problems, and explore a unique world.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Adventure 17.9%, Futuristic 9.3%, 3D 7.3%

Destiny’s Sword is a Living-Narrative Graphic Adventure. Explore distant worlds, forge friendships and lead your troops through an epic adventure.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.2% ★, Cinematic 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Futuristic 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%

Last Signal is a short, story-driven, walking simulator visual novel. On a mysterious journey through space, astronaut Adam 'Echo' Winters awakens in an abandoned station with amnesia. He must unravel the secrets of the station, where reality and illusion are intertwined.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Space 9.9%, Exploration 9%, Sci-fi 8.6%

A Doctor's Term is a first person, narrative experience with pivotal choices set in an ominous sci-fi government facility: The Ministry of Health — Enter a story of treating menacing medical cases where daily work often defies expectations...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Cinematic 19.2%, Adventure 17.4%, Exploration 11.1%, 3D 7.1%

You are stuck in an unknown place, completely alone for eternity. Every decision you’ve made, will make, and could have made somehow rattling around your head. The only thing you can understand is a rock, with a gratified picture and some text that reads ‘Kilroy Was Here’!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 12.2%, Sci-fi 11%, Futuristic 7.5%

Novel game／The objective of this novel game is to manifest "socks" from the hearts of customers who visit the store and select the perfect custom-made socks. Making the correct choice will display "BINGO" and allow you to proceed to the next chapter.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.6%, Visual Novel 28.4%, Adventure 26.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%

The Grim Nightmare of Nibras is a story with the search for objects in gloomy locations.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Adventure 21.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 5.3%

A hyper-realistic bodycam survival horror experience. Navigate through eerie, abandoned locations where the line between reality and nightmare blurs. Built on Unreal Engine, every sound, shadow, and step immerses you deeper into a world of terror. Will you survive what lies behind the veil?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.7%, Cinematic 25.6%, Exploration 12.3%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Adventure 6.2%

In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Cinematic 17.8%, 1980s 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Adventure 9.3%

Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.3%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Adventure 21.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Space 4.1%

“Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.4%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Adventure 23.9%, Indie 3.9%

在黑暗的时代，乘上独一无二的机动装甲，反抗统治太阳系的军工巨企。《彗星战团》是一款以科幻战争为主题的国产机战视觉小说，致力于营造独特的影视化观感。——你将成为点燃整个时代的星火！

Why similar: Cinematic 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Space 8%, Exploration 7.7%

Project XMAS is a retro style, horror, single - player game where you need to return to your home... The map is completely procedurallygenerated so every approach will be differend and specific.

Why similar: Cinematic 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Survival Horror 14%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Retro 11.2%

Something crawled up the kitchen sink drain. Now it is your responsibility. Make choices that will affect its growth in this short disturbing first-person psychological horror walking simulator.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, 1980s 19.7%, Cinematic 15.9%, Retro 7.9%, Exploration 6.9%

Psychological Body Horror visual novel in a space setting with different endings depending on your actions.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Space 13%, Exploration 8.8%, Futuristic 8%

A mining space station doesn't respond to communications. An investigator tries to find out what happened to the crew. Oculto is a zero-gravity narrative action adventure full of danger and mystery.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Cinematic 17.6%, Adventure 11.5%, Sci-fi 10%, Exploration 9.4%

"SecretPact: Restart" is a fantasy adventure visual novel created by the solo studio C0Entertainment in 2025. It tells the story of the protagonist, Lu Yu, who lives in 1999 and unexpectedly uncovers a long-buried secret, leading to a series of events.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.5%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Adventure 19.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Sci-fi 5.2%

Crowd Sign: Emission is a game where you paint a signs and watch the action unfold then later you can explore the world of the game in first person mode. Fantastic quest story with a branched out plot. The scenario is randomly generated each time, and the lore is created by the player himself.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Cinematic 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Futuristic 9%, Exploration 8.6%

What did the girl encounter? A cinematic novel game with film-inspired storytelling.

Why similar: Cinematic 27.9%, Visual Novel 26%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Futuristic 9.1%

Lewis Carroll's Alice is a short interactive narrative game based on the classic English 1865 children's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Cinematic 23.4%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Atmospheric 4.7%

I wish this moment could be forever. Yuto Habu, the hero with nothing to show for it, met the camera-toting heroine He meets the heroine, Nazuna Fukamachi, who has a camera, on a bridge with a beautiful view by chance.

Why similar: Cinematic 38.9%, Visual Novel 36.4%, Adventure 21.8%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Authentic Star Trek adventure from former members of Telltale Games. Engage in diplomacy, pilot shuttlecraft, and use your tricorder and phaser to overcome challenging puzzles and deadly threats. Tough decisions will impact relationships, your story, and the fate of the galaxy. What will YOU do?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Cinematic 15.6%, Futuristic 9.4%, Adventure 8.8%

Help real-life 'peasant poet' John Clare on a historical adventure escaping from a mental asylum and guide his epic walk home. Traverse a changing Victorian landscape, encounter ghosts & storytellers, avoid will 'o the wisps and face up to the hallucinations of Clare's shattered mind.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.3%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Adventure 19.4%, Exploration 9.4%, Atmospheric 4.6%

You woke up, and you have no idea where you are. What a coincidence, you don't remember anything at all; could you have been kidnapped? There is only one way to find out.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42%, Adventure 16.4%, Exploration 15%, Sci-fi 10.6%, 3D 9.5%

Omnimus. Welcome to the future! A visual novel about a daring experiment.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Adventure 28.9%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Indie 5.6%

A former friend needs you to rescue him from an abandoned research station on Mars. Explore the station, engage in interactive dialogues and solve mysteries. What will await you?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Dynamic Narration 19.1% ★, Cinematic 15.7%, Exploration 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%

A sci-fi visual novel reimagining The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). Follow Vornovians Sherr-Lok & Watt-Sun as they try to uncover the truth of the "curse"

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Futuristic 20.1%, Adventure 9.5%, Sci-fi 5.9%

RSSU - Retro Style Soviet Undies is an adult visual novel with a unique story, made in pinup style and filled with humor, sex and romance. Go back to the 80s, meet beautiful Soviet women and discover the exciting mystery of the town of Maryino.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, 1980s 22.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Retro 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.3%

Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, 1980s 20.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Retro 10%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Drive through the world as a famous author in this upcoming free narrative game. Manage your fuel (coffee) and figure out how to navigate with no GPS and a broken radio. Meet a host of interesting characters and don’t forget to LOOK BEHIND YOU.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Visual Novel 28%, Adventure 13.5%, Exploration 8.2%, 3D 5.2%

An Indie Sci-Fi Adventure game that thrusts you into the heart of the secrecy surrounding UFOs and Aliens. Visit exotic places, meet Aliens, make alliances and enemies alike as you make critical decisions and fight for what you think is right. Time is short, because it's 2024, and Aliens Are Coming!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.6%, Adventure 21.9%, Dynamic Narration 13.8% ★, Sci-fi 12.3%, Space 8.4%

Dive into this magical journey and join Orion The Orange in the adventure of a lifetime through dreams and nightmares. Uncover the secrets, face your fears, and restore the balance in the land of Kasamas! Will you dare to dream and face the night with them?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.6%, Cinematic 30%, Adventure 12.7%, 3D 10.2%, Story Rich 2.9%

A daylight, psychological horror experience. Stranded in the desert, every choice meant to save you brings something closer.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Cinematic 19.2%, Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 10.9%, Dynamic Narration 10.7% ★

A visual novel in a post-apocalyptic setting. Find out what happened to humanity, traveling through the deserted world in search of the main character's family.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Adventure 19.4%, Futuristic 11.6%, Sci-fi 5.5%

The Lost Song is a visual novel about how an air force member Marina encounters a singing merman Zeru while cruising the island and how this brings enormous changes to her boring life. Become the heroine Marina and see things through her eyes, listen through her ears and make her own choices.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.3%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%

A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Adventure 18.5%, Futuristic 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.7%

Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Cinematic 21.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 12.8%, 3D 7.1%

PECADO is a first-person folkloric horror experience set in the “España profunda”. Listen to the word of God.

Why similar: 1980s 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Cinematic 16.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Retro 8.6%

Lake Minnewaska is a narrative driven first person fishing game. Fish, explore, and uncover the secrets of Lake Minnewaska as you guide Sosa's journey in becoming a better father.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Cinematic 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 7.9%

"Piano at 5 a.m." is a short text adventure game. A girl who is the main character wanders in a fog forest while adjusting the four factors of "drowsiness," "thirst," "madness," and "recharge," which increase or decrease depending on the choices she makes.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.6%, Adventure 28.5%, Exploration 17.8%, Atmospheric 10%, Story Rich 4.2%

Winner of the Producer's Guild Innovation Award, Stay Alive My Son is a virtual reality feature based on a true story of a Cambodian genocide survivor and father haunted by his past, to first-handedly experience an inspirational journey about family separation and the power of redemption.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Dynamic Narration 19.3% ★, Cinematic 11.7%, Adventure 9.4%

A squad of magical girls are the Earth's only defense against an alien invasion.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Adventure 17.1%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Space 7.6%

Explore an afrofuturistic 3D world scavenging and journaling your way to becoming a wildtender: someone who heals the relationship between humans and more-than-human beings. Reflect on the choices you make, the artifacts you leave behind, and the worlds that will grow out of them.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Exploration 17.5%, Cinematic 16.4%, Adventure 13.9%, 3D 6.6%

Embark on ASTRA, a mixed reality journey transforming your room into a spaceship. Follow your late mother's research on a cosmic mission to find life, uncover universal mysteries, and confront personal grief. It blends storytelling, VR, and stunning interactive design.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.1%, Adventure 20.7%, Futuristic 11.4%, Space 9.7%, 3D 8%