- #1 Roses in The Flames™
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CringleDragons
Windows
In a bizarre twist of fate, you are magically transported into a world where you become embroiled in a war between Dragons and the Exterminators. As the player, you get to choose your own path, and you find friendship and maybe something more along the way.
Why similar: Dragons 27.7% ★, Dating Sim 12.8%, Visual Novel 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Investigation 6.4%
- #2 Poison Noir: Desire, Time & Gangsters
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Brunomir
Windows
A breathtaking visual novel that will make you live through two eras filled with love, terrifying mysteries, and bullets. Follow Jake as he travels back and forth between the 90s and the Prohibition era of the 20s, and make choices that will determine his fate.
Why similar: Time Travel 25.7% ★, Dating Sim 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #3 Parallel Convergence
96% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: NYEKO Studio
Windows
A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?
Why similar: Time Travel 33.6% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Anime 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #4 莫待无花空折枝:做题家的 Git 重启日志
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 西江仙客
Windows
现实里没有 git checkout,错过的分支无法回滚。但在这里,你可以。 这是一个写给「做题家」的纯爱文字 AVG:习惯用理性防御情感的男主「陆渊」,在博士毕业那天喝下一杯名为「重构」的酒,重回 2019 年夏天。 五条互斥纯爱单线,10万+字剧情。在这个赛博时空里,去解开当年无解的谜题,跑通属于你的唯一分支。
Why similar: Time Travel 28.8% ★, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dating Sim 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #5 My Merry May with be
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.
Windows
主人公の前に突然現れた人工生命「レプリス」の少女・レゥ。人と変わらない感情を持つ彼女と過ごす中で、「心とは何か」「人間とは何か」という問いに向き合っていくSF恋愛アドベンチャー
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #6 Tempest In A Teapot
94% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: StrandGames
Windows
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Time Travel 18.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #7 Angels with Scaly Wings™ / 鱗羽の天使
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,757 reviews2017
Dev: Radical Phi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You, the player, are an ambassador for Earth sent through a mysterious portal into the world of dragons. Explore a town full of secrets and the people who keep them in this compelling sci-fi visual novel with slice of life and dating sim elements.
Why similar: Dragons 47.7% ★, Dating Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.9%
- #8 Time Tenshi
92% match9 user reviews30% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Cow Studio
Windows
Join the Time Tenshi on their thrilling adventures through time! Make key decisions to influence the story's outcome... and maybe even go on a date!
Why similar: Time Travel 24% ★, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #9 Bonds of Flame and Fate
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rivars Studio
Windows
A Boys' Love / Yaoi Visual Novel that follows protagonist who finds himself stuck in the plot of a book he hated…as the character he really couldn’t stand. When Ben dies and wakes as bratty Prince Athelstan, he is thrust into a world of political intrigue, ancient magic, and dangerous desires.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dragons 10.5% ★, Choices Matter 8.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
- #10 All (Too) Good Things
91% 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 17.7%, Text-Based 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 13%
- #11 Shanghai Summer
90% matchVery Positive90% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Time Travel 25.4% ★, Dating Sim 13.6%, Investigation 10.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #12 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
89% matchVery Positive100% of 298 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Text-Based 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #13 Dullpain
88% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: 埋月山枯Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Why similar: Time Travel 26% ★, Dating Sim 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #14 Border of her Heart
89% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #15 DESOPE
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celephais Seeker Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Why similar: Time Travel 32.8% ★, Investigation 16.3%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #16 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
86% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #17 Over The Phone
86% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
A short talking sim with choices. Get to know Harper over a handful of voice-acted calls and text chats.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.6%, Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
- #18 STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT
83% matchVery Positive86% of 623 reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #19 The Meridian
84% match1 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: Dating Sim 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #20 IIT Quest
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IQHQ Pub: IQHQ
Windows
Is it okay to kill 6 billion people to avenge the deaths of 2 billion? In this epic sci-fi visual novel, make tough choices to solve "impossible" problems, unlock branching paths and achieve multiple endings.
Why similar: Time Travel 23.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #21 Paradox Factor
85% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alter your past and future in this thought-provoking and edgy time travel game. Are you willing to live with the effects that your changes may cause?
Why similar: Time Travel 47.1% ★, Text-Based 15.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #22 Guilt Free
82% matchVery Positive85% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.8%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #23 THE 13th Digit
82% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Noir 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
- #24 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
81% 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: Visual Novel 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Choices Matter 11%
- #25 Monster F****r II: Dragon
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Lascivity
Windows
Set out to lay a fearsome dragon in this short, text-based, erotic interactive fiction.
Why similar: Dragons 23.2% ★, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Dating Sim 12.8%
- #26 Echo Tokyo: Reaper
80% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join Keiji as a private investigator in a cyberpunk city. Follow his story as he aims to uncover the truth. Meet a variety of women along the way whilst enjoying several adult animated scenes.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%
- #27 Furries & Scalies: Super Scary Halloween Spooky Times
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Manage a Halloween store. Don't kill your co-workers. Don't sell out to corporate. Don't lose your sanity. November is just around the corner.
Why similar: Dragons 24.5% ★, Dating Sim 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #28 Pasajeros
79% 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: Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Noir 16%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #29 Chaotic Love and Sex
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpy Carrot Gaming
Windows · Mac
Chaotic Love and Sex is an 18+ romantic visual novel where your choices shape who you grow close to—and how your story ends. Flirt, explore, and make tough decisions as you uncover the hidden sides of Aiko, Amanda, and Hina in a story full of passion, drama, consequence, and sex.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #30 Drinks With Abbey
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 400 reviews2019
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel about a first date.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.1%, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #31 Fixer's Tale
77% matchPositive90% of 20 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 13.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Investigation 10.6%
- #32 Alcyone: The Last City
76% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Artifice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #33 STEINS;GATE
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 26,830 reviews2016
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 67.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Time Travel 37.5% ★, Visual Novel 18.2%, Anime 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #34 Secret Some
75% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: AFTERTIME.INCPub: NBOXGAMES.INC
Windows
"Secret Some" is an authentic game It is a 'Youth Love Comedy Story' that depicts the process of creating a story of four characters and two people. Starting with graduation, there's another story about dating a character You can feel the feeling of a growing connection.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #35 Furries & Scalies & Bears OH MY! 2: Return to Kale Bay
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
There's a whole world of weird and wild anthro animals and scaly dragons out there to discover!
Why similar: Dragons 27.6% ★, Dating Sim 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #36 Swim Meet
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
There's nothing better than swimming with a variety of women. Work hard and play hard with these beautiful swimmers to ensure the best of endings together as you compete for a place on the team.
Why similar: Time Travel 22.9% ★, Dating Sim 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #37 I'm Caught in a Time Loop: I Need to Find a Girl as Soon as Possible
74% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Myriad
Windows · Mac · Linux
The strangest things happen when you don't expect them...
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Time Travel 14% ★, Choices Matter 10.7%, Anime 9.4%
- #38 Furries & Scalies & Scarecrows OH MY!
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
The residents of Roanoake Island spend their days fishing and farming. Recently, however, troubles have started. It's up to you to figure out what the future brings for the animals and dragons that live there.
Why similar: Dragons 29.3% ★, Dating Sim 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #39 LifeSimOS
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #40 Dearest Darling Dragon
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VeryFatCat and FriendsPub: Virtual Frontier Media LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Raise your own baby dragon and date a hot dragon "daddy" in this silly and fantastical stat-raiser dating sim! 🥚🐉
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.2%, Dragons 17.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #41 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #42 Ninki Seiyuu: How to Make a Pop Voice Actress
72% matchVery Positive92% of 230 reviews2021
Dev: MintCUBEPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A love comedy set in the voice acting industry, from the point of view of voice actresses, managers, and sound engineers... and it's, like, 78% accurate! Play it, and you might find out what this industry is all about!
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #43 Trinoline All Ages Version
73% matchVery Positive88% of 162 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
When tragedy sparks the advancement of science, a sentient android is created. Now, in this heart-wrenching, romantic, and beautiful visual novel, you will explore whether or not it's possible for man and machine to truly love each other.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #44 STEINS;GATE ELITE
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,674 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 276.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
Why similar: Time Travel 42.6% ★, Visual Novel 20.6%, Anime 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #45 BLACKMIND: Psychic Social Simulator
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Noir 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Investigation 10.7%
- #46 Daughters of the Dragon
69% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Lewd Raccoon GamesPub: Hyena Worm
Windows
Enter Daughters of the Dragons, where you, a humble peasant, are chosen as the first male Dragon Rider. Navigate a world of intrigue, powerful allies, and ancient magic. Make choices that shape your fate in a court filled with mystery, danger, and dragons. Will you rise to legendary status?
Why similar: Dragons 26.3% ★, Dating Sim 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #47 Where are you, Cinderella?
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KimiNako
Windows · Linux
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Dating Sim 11.5%
- #48 Watashi Suzume
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
Windows
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.7%, Investigation 14%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #49 Elisa: Seduce the Innkeeper
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #50 Future Mirror
70% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: 皐月の夢Pub: LocaGames
Windows
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Time Travel 22.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #51 Timestamps: Lost Love
67% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Motkeyz Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An exciting adult Visual Novel with a unique intriguing story featuring Sci-Fi, Time Travel, Romance, Sex, Humor, Character Development and some fun references.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.9% ★, Visual Novel 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%
- #52 The Shadow
69% matchNo user 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Noir 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #53 ISLAND
69% matchVery Positive95% of 1,773 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 155.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.1% ★, Visual Novel 18.7%, Anime 11.9%, Dating Sim 10.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #54 Re:Curse
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elseth GamesPub: Papertrail Studios
Windows · Mac
A time-travel mystery visual novel about found-family, connections, and hope in dark times.
Why similar: Time Travel 37.1% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Anime 6.8%
- #55 Whispering Memories
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #56 summer story
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Text-Based 10.5%, Investigation 9.7%
- #57 Chronicles of Humanity
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yun Games
Windows
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #58 The 257th Element
67% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: REAL co.Ltd
Windows · Linux
In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Dating Sim 11.7%
- #59 Memories Off Sousou Break out of my shell
65% matchPositive92% 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: Dating Sim 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #60 The Farm of the Living
66% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Noir 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%