- #1 STAY
97% matchMixed68% of 569 reviews2018
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
Why similar: Thriller 17.7%, Psychological 11%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #2 The Farm of the Living
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Noir 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #3 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
96% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Noir 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #4 The Shadow
95% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Why similar: Noir 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #5 Loretta
94% matchVery Positive92% of 453 reviews2023
Dev: BonereadersPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Noir 18%, Thriller 16.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #6 The Laws of Probability
94% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Unspoken
Windows
You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Psychological 12.5%
- #7 キズツケ kizutsuke
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 852話
Windows
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Thriller 11%
- #8 Pasajeros
92% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GameLoop
Windows
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #9 Shadows of Betrayal
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Thriller 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #10 Ukraine War Stories
91% matchVery Positive87% of 1,083 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Thriller 11.3%
- #11 Humility
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pale Dome
Windows
"Humility" is a thriller visual novel. Immerse yourself in the fascinating story of a young Elma, who defies a cruel cult to save her beloved.
Why similar: Noir 16%, Thriller 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #12 Cold Verdict 3
89% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows
The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!
Why similar: Thriller 22.2%, Psychological 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #13 The Zoo
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #14 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
88% matchVery Positive95% of 786 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Thriller 10.1%
- #15 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
87% 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: Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #16 ELEGIES: Aya
86% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Squircle
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Text-Based 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #17 집착의 망자 - 집으로부터의 탈출
86% matchVery Positive92% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
만약 당신의 집 안에 당신의 생명을 노리는 괴한이 들어온다면?
Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #18 Fork in the Road
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pigeon in the Booth
Windows · Mac
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #19 waga-mom
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: atominoko
Windows · Mac
――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #20 The Trials - Chapter Two
83% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
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 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Text-Based 11%
- #21 Five Biggest Accomplishments
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
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: Noir 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Story Rich 9.5%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #22 The Portal Pirate
82% 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: Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 17.2%, Thriller 11.8%, Psychological 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #23 31 Days In Orange Carnival
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReversePI
Windows
10 participants. A death game that unfolds over 31 days. If you kill another participant, you can take their prize money. An interactive fiction game where the story changes based on your choices. In this dangerous game, choose who to trust and who to betray.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Modern 14.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #24 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Noir 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #25 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
81% matchMixed54% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, Psychological 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #26 LOOP SYNDROME
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: TBCATGAMES
Windows
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Psychological 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #27 Mothmen 1966
80% matchVery Positive91% of 329 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Noir 19.6%, Thriller 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #28 THE 13th Digit
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Uesho Co., Ltd.
Windows
In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #29 Debt of Life
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: RedWolf Games
Windows
You have money. You have a home. You have a family. And you're dying. You have very little time left. Make impossible choices and decide what you're willing to sacrifice for one more week of life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Capitalism 12.5%, Psychological 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #30 時折記 -Tokioriki-
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #31 BAROQUE SYNDROME
77% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Sting
Windows
This ported edition of Baroque Syndrome presents the visual novel depicting the events before the main Baroque story. Play as Kitsune, owner of the Baroque Shop, and experience a branching narrative shaped by your choices. Fonts, stills, animations, and UI have been remastered for smoother play.
Why similar: Noir 27.9%, Thriller 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #32 Stella: into the Shadow
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shadow games
Windows
Blackwood knows how to keep secrets: beneath the neon, behind polite smiles, in offices with no nameplates. Stella is searching for a missing friend and realizes too late that she was let in for a reason.
Why similar: Noir 31%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological 11.1%, Dark 7.5%
- #33 The King's Whisperer
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demian Vrij Games
Windows
You are the Whisperer, hooded advisor to King Alric the Uncertain. Forty days. Twenty-five court crises. Four pillar-leaders pulling the realm in four directions. The King hears you last before every decision. Twenty-one endings. No correct path.
Why similar: Noir 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #34 Blake: The Visual Novel
77% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Thriller 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #35 Dear Nobody
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
You are a censor in a nameless war, blacking out the letters of two lovers who have never met. Their whole romance lives on paper — so every word you strike is struck from the love itself. Then the letters begin, impossibly, to answer your pen. A melancholy epistolary romance. Six endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Text-Based 11.7%, Psychological 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #36 Prison Chain: The Unredeemed Thought
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 落梅序
Windows
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Noir 17.5%, Thriller 16.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #37 Tayke Me With You
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foccelized Studios
Windows · Linux
Tayke Me With You is a visual novel about high school seniors and their struggles with each other and the world around them. You play as Gene, a sheltered, socially naive human from the city as he acclimates to living in a rural town filled with dinosaurs, finding friends (and love) along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #38 Special Request: Chapter 1
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Nemiegs
Windows · Mac
The beginning of a slow-burn corruption fantasy. Will Laura fall into submission or resist the downfall? Every compromise comes at a price.
Why similar: Thriller 17.9%, Psychological 14.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #39 Echoes of Pinebridge
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Thriller 13.6%, Choices Matter 11%
- #40 REARVIEW MIRROR
73% matchPositive85% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: CUBUS GAMES SL
Windows · Mac
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: Noir 22.9%, Thriller 18%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #41 Direct Investigation
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Socopus Interactive
Windows
Seoul, 2035. A first-person noir text adventure. Step into the shoes of Park Eunkyul, an investigator who verifies what no one else wants verified. Read the scene, question the witness, follow erased traces — and watch every certainty you started with quietly fall apart.
Why similar: Thriller 22.4%, Noir 17.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #42 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Thriller 14.3%, Psychological 12%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #43 Devil Apartment
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: L.S. Frei
Windows
Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.
Why similar: Thriller 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #44 Stay Alive For Me
70% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Thriller 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #45 Under the Table
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
An office-based shrinking horror adventure in visual novel format! Explore a workplace packed with man-eating coworkers as you try to survive being tiny...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Thriller 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Modern 11.9%
- #46 Coalescence
72% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 13.2%
- #47 Prescription of Throes
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 格雷去冰无糖
Windows
Prescription of Throes is a narrative adventure game. An experimental drug that can erase all psychological pain is circulating underground. You will meet companions, face their struggles alongside them, and gradually uncover the truth behind the drug through exploration and choice.
Why similar: Psychological 23.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #48 Moonless Moon
70% matchVery Positive90% of 342 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Modern 14.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #49 슬픈 가족사 - 산장으로부터의 탈출
72% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological 13.7%, Thriller 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #50 DDD: Demons Double Down
68% matchPositive88% of 43 reviews2026
Dev: WirionPub: ST SInovar
Windows · Mac
Sometimes loneliness pushes us into strange, risky choices. A nightclub that wasn’t here yesterday. Mysterious strangers—each leaving more questions than answers. Just one short night that simply won’t end. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Noir 29.4%, Psychological 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #51 Dreaming After You
69% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: MangoPower
Windows
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 16%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Psychological 11.5%
- #52 The Meridian
68% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Thriller 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #53 One Week Left : Last Days at the Office
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: yongdustudio
Windows
Only 5 days until you quit. Plan your daily schedule, chat with coworkers, and make choices as you prepare to resign. Will you hand over your duties perfectly, or slack off in the breakroom and cause chaos? Experience a hyper-realistic K-office drama shaped by your choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #54 The Sin Of Fabien
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkvein Studio
Windows
Maybe you didn’t do it… but you watched. The Sin of Fabien is a psychological horror experience woven around guilt, denial, and silence, where every choice reshapes the world and the story. Each decision brings you closer to the truth… or pulls you further away from it forever.
Why similar: Thriller 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Psychological 9.9%
- #55 Aenigmarch
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Alexander VavilonskyPub: Chesnokov Aleksandr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a chilling mystery and peel back the ominous veil shrouding a peaceful southern Russian town.
Why similar: Noir 22.6%, Thriller 19.1%, Psychological 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #56 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #57 Control Over
69% matchMixed58% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: Ashcraft
Windows
Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.
Why similar: Thriller 21.4%, Text-Based 19.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #58 The Pigment
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #59 Biocybernetic Trap
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Noir 17.1%, Thriller 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #60 Is There a Way?
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SS GC Omnipotens
Windows · Mac
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Thriller 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Noir 12.7%, Text-Based 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%