- #1 Kino
97% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Lacking Finesse Games
Windows
Odesa, 1929. A woman wakes up. This will be her last morning. An all-powerful film camera forces her to watch her life again. Can she find what was missing? A very short choose-your-own-adventure based on Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Drama 16.4%, Conversation 16.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%
- #2 Wish Us Luck
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Moluska
Windows
Wish Us Luck is a multi-plot interactive fiction fueled by your hard decisions. Play three strangers whose fates are intertwined by the cogs of chance on an eventful day. But remember: favoring one character means jeopardizing the others. Good Luck.
Why similar: Conversation 19.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Drama 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #3 A Lozenge
96% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Emotional 13.5%, Conversation 11.9% ★, Drama 11.6%
- #4 The Tenth Minute
95% matchNo user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: XU S.A Studio
Windows
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Drama 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological 11.2%, Emotional 8.3%
- #5 Jessica's Choices - Forced [Episode 1]
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoAdventures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your story continues right where Origins left off. Whether Jessica finds herself wandering the streets alone, caught in George’s web of deceit, or trapped in the unsettling confines of Margaret Thatuals under Professor Trounch’s watchful gaze and the orderlies, every choice matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Drama 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #6 Spirit Whisperer Conversation With Akari
94% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Akari was a beloved streamer—until she died live on camera. Now, as a spirit, she’s still performing. You’ve been hired to speak with her, and uncover the truth behind the smile she never took off.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Conversation 17.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #7 Defragmenting
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Conversation 16.8% ★, Visual Novel 14.8%, Drama 6.8%
- #8 IN LOVE: True Romance Pack
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Romance Edition features 3 heartfelt stories – Interview with Fate, Tessa’s Choice, and The Rhythm of Passion. Make decisions, shape your path, and experience unique endings in this interactive romance game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Drama 15.6%, Comic Book 8%
- #9 Travelling Light
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Drama 13.4%, Psychological 7.8%
- #10 IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack features 3 enchanting stories – A Raven’s Call, Bloodstained, and Arcanum Academy. Make your choices, dive into mystery, and experience supernatural romances filled with emotion and suspense.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Drama 15.7%, Comic Book 8.1%
- #11 IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam takes you on a thrilling romantic journey through canals, secrets, and desire. Your choices will shape how far you’ll go in this passionate and mysterious adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Drama 15.7%, Comic Book 8.1%
- #12 Melancholic Night
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Witches Hat
Windows
A visual novel about returning home. That is, trying to get home. After all, your home is no longer there. You could say that it is actually about drinking in a bar and talking to strange people.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 20%, Drama 17.2%, Psychological 9.3%, Emotional 8.6%
- #13 Irrational
89% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: M.A. Starling
Windows
An emotional story portraying the struggles of anxiety—the paralyzing thoughts and irrational fears. Join Lucy on her journey to find solace, alongside her supportive yet puzzled roommate. A heartfelt narrative delving into the complexities of anxiety and the challenges of empathy.
Why similar: Drama 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychological 13.9%, Conversation 12.6% ★
- #14 Parts of the Elephant
88% matchPositive100% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: 1 head 2 skulls
Windows · Mac · Linux
Weird things are happening in the Elephant Hotel. It's getting late, you're getting drunk, and moments in the lives of strangers are scattered around you like spilled puzzle pieces. Can you put it all together?
Why similar: Conversation 18.7% ★, Drama 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 11.7%
- #15 NOAH: 2050
87% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Team NOAH
Windows
『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.
Why similar: Conversation 22.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Drama 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #16 The Mire of Miss Audacity
86% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Bamboo Calculator
Windows · Mac · Linux
After waking up in a world without her sister, Miss Alexandra Audacity believes she's been left out of a conspiracy between her flaky friends and secretive husband. Guide her through five timelines mired by false memories while trying to keep her sanity, and yours.
Why similar: Drama 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Conversation 17.5% ★, Emotional 7.9%
- #17 The Painting
86% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Drama 22.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Conversation 14.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Emotional 12.8%
- #18 Wednesdays
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,023 reviews2025
Dev: Pierre CorbinaisPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
"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: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological 14.1%, Emotional 11.3%, Comic Book 10.8%
- #19 Vida
85% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: YEON 연
Windows · Linux
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Conversation 21.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Drama 9%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #20 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Drama 16.9%, Psychological 10.1%, Emotional 7.9%
- #21 B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA
83% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: PQube
Windows
Become the A&R of the famous B-Project in this unforgettable idol Visual Novel. Support a group of 14 idols from their humble beginnings through to fame. Befriend them, influence their music and help them through turbulent times as they follow their dreams
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Drama 17%, Conversation 16.1% ★, Emotional 8.7%
- #22 Breaking Point
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phantom Script Studio
Windows
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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Emotional 8.1%, Comic Book 7.9%
- #23 The Zoo
82% 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 21.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Emotional 6.2%
- #24 Memories Off Sousou Break out of my shell
80% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
メモリーズオフシリーズ最新作のアフターストーリー 主人公「久寿米木一葵」と登場ヒロインたちの「その後」を楽しんでいただけます。 ビジュアルノベル形式のゲームスタイルで選択肢を選びながらストーリーが進行します。 それぞれの道を歩み始めたヒロインたち。 それぞれの未来を大切な「あなた」と一緒につかむため、 それぞれの想いが、今はじける……!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Drama 16.6%, Emotional 8.4%
- #25 終わりの鐘が鳴る前に Chapter3
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Cynical Honey
Windows
「これは何を手にするために、何かを失う物語」 季節は変わり冬になる。死神の条件のために主人公、長谷部涼平は菅野雪乃への恋心を自覚するが、彼女の親友に想いを寄せられてしまい、今度は三角関係の当事者になってしまった。自分の未来を掴むためにも菅野雪乃との両思いを目指すことになるが…。青春群像劇ビジュアルドラマ三部作の最終章が遂に開幕!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Drama 19.4%, Conversation 13% ★, Emotional 9.1%
- #26 Cocktail Magic
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seiransoft GamesPub: MediBang Games
Windows
A human drama novel game set in a bar with the theme of "companion". Enjoy the "Speak Easy" atmosphere that mixes the liveliness of a bar with the stylishness of a bar.
Why similar: Conversation 25.8% ★, Drama 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Emotional 12%
- #27 Too Real
79% match9 user reviews100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: partingZSSII
Windows
A short, hand-drawn narrative about memory, loss, and final conversations. Explore the quiet streets of the past and decide what you're ready to let go.
Why similar: Conversation 20.5% ★, Visual Novel 20.4%, Emotional 13.1%, Drama 11.9%, Choices Matter 8%
- #28 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
79% 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 24.2%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Drama 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #29 Cascade Falls
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Paranormal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Drama 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #30 The Quiet After
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows · Linux
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Drama 11.7%, Emotional 11.6%
- #31 Not Yet
77% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: MinMin Works
Windows
You are the Judge. Twelve souls appear before you, each burdened by regret. Words left unsaid. Promises left unfulfilled. Listen to their stories, then decide — Heaven or Hell. But when the twelfth soul arrives, everything changes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Conversation 18.2% ★, Drama 18.2%, Psychological 15%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #32 The Laws of Probability
76% matchPositive91% of 47 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 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological 12.5%, Emotional 7.2%
- #33 On Love, On Monsters
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lighthouse Theory Games
Windows
On Love, On Monsters is a Frankenstein-inspired story with an emphasis on love in its many forms. Play as three characters with alternating POVs; the Doctor, The Priest, and The Exile. Bond with allies and enemies, avoid raising suspicion in the town of Blackmoore, and learn what it means to love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Drama 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 7%
- #34 The Trials of Ozymandias
77% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Drama 16.5%, Emotional 8.9%
- #35 Truer than You
75% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Transcenders Media AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Overcome your past and become someone new in Truer than You. A choice-driven narrative adventure about love, loss and being lost in life. You're hired as a gig-working actor to play roles in real-life situations. Have conversations, get a good rating and follow the rules. All good?
Why similar: Conversation 24.7% ★, Drama 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #36 You're a dad
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Linus Bohman
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sleep-deprived text adventure about new parenthood, daydreaming, and the things left unsaid. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.
Why similar: Conversation 19.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Drama 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%
- #37 Forest of Death Masks
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Psychological 9.7%, Emotional 7.6%
- #38 My Murder
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Second Heart Studio
Windows · Mac
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 22%, Psychological 12.5%, Emotional 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #39 The Dealer's Voice
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Serendipitous April
Windows
In a secret bar for aliens, every story you hear can change lives.
Why similar: Conversation 25.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Drama 11.1%, Psychological 5.9%
- #40 Destino Indomable
73% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Megalixir GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
In Destino Indomable, you're the hot new actress tasked with playing the main character in a telenovela! This is a wild visual novel inspired by the craziest Latin soap operas, filled with humor, drama, romance, horses, handsome men, Spanglish and slaps!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Drama 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #41 I’ll KILL HER
73% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: DillyFrame
Windows
Visual novel in the form of interactive comic book about love, life and fighting to be heard.
Why similar: Drama 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological 12.1%, Comic Book 11.5%
- #42 Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered
71% matchPositive82% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Klondike AustraliaPub: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac
A call for help within a mysterious messaging app. Someone lost and wandering through a forest in a faraway place. And their destiny in your hands.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Conversation 18.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #43 Penrose
72% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Emotional 10.3%, Psychological 10.3%
- #44 Almost certain death.
70% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: 画往时文化
Windows
After a failed rescue in northern Myanmar, Lin Wei and her friend fight to survive. Guide their escape through pivotal choices—with nearly 100 branching decisions that can trigger a butterfly effect, leading to vastly different endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Drama 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological 11.2%
- #45 Streaming For Love
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Love-Joint
Windows · Mac
In this game, you step into the shoes of a successful guy who's searching for something more in life. Then, out of nowhere, he finds it when he enters a new world filled with beautiful women, mysteries, conspiracies, and plenty of action in this thrilling 18+ visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Conversation 16.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Drama 13.7%
- #46 Open Spaces SE
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Queenship Game StudioPub: Queenship Game Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Psychological 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #47 Arderico's Journey
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Drama 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 13%
- #48 Tokyo Girls Chronicle
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FUNAKI GAMES
Windows
A Fully Animated and Fully Voiced Light Novel Game! Set in Tokyo, a lonely android girl, Rin, meets Aoi and forms a deep friendship, gradually reclaiming her humanity. However, when Rin learns the secret of her origins, the story takes a dramatic turn.
Why similar: Drama 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #49 LOVE ! again ... - Episode 1 & 2
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Ritch Michaels
Windows · Linux
In LOVE! again... every choice leads to consequences. Choose your romance, and write your own story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Drama 16.1%, Conversation 14.7% ★
- #50 Between
69% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Stillroom
Windows
A story-driven visual novel set on a quiet coastal town, where fleeting connections, unspoken desires, and personal choices shape how every relationship unfolds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Drama 16.9%, Choices Matter 7%
- #51 Cringe Rizz Lines
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
A visual novel where you deliver cheesy pickup lines. Charm your love interest or reject them with a diss comment.
Why similar: Conversation 26.4% ★, Drama 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #52 Remembering Emily - Mystery visual novel
68% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Tortita Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive Thomas’s memories in this mystery-filled visual novel. What really happened to Emily? Make choices, explore different versions of events, and uncover two complementary endings that reveal the full truth.
Why similar: Drama 22.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Conversation 15.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #53 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Drama 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #54 Hira Hira Hihiru
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 963 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Drama 19.9%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Text-Based 5.7%
- #55 Elevenses
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REDRAYPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.
Why similar: Conversation 23.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Drama 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #56 RLM4U
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: RLM4U Studio
Windows
This visual novel is the story of a boy and a robot traveling through a world where hatred and violence threaten life, where humans are more dangerous than machines, and machines are more dangerous than humanity. The game features fictional mechanical puzzles.
Why similar: Conversation 30% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Comic Book 11.8%, Adventure 5.5%
- #57 There Is No Next Stop
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Drama 17.3%, Conversation 15.9% ★, Choices Matter 12.8%, Emotional 9.8%
- #58 Where the Echo Sleeps
66% matchNo user reviews80% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: SANHO GAMES
Windows
is a story-driven hospital receptionist simulator with multiple endings. Become a hospital receptionist in a pandemic apocalypse and manage the order in which patients receive treatment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Drama 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Emotional 11.6%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
- #59 Days With Ollie
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: PT. Global Digital ArthaPub: hololive Indonesia
Windows
The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Drama 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #60 Reigns: The Witcher
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Adventure 5.2%