- #1 Kanna Maze
97% matchVery Positive88% of 382 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Lore-Rich 11%, RPG 7.3%
- #2 Tide of Lone Stars-孤星之潮-
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 此间梦Sono
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tide of Lone Stars is an ADV / AVG with conventional gameplay and unconventional apocalyptic sci-fi narrative. As a disabled girl living outside the walls, Blanka, you will meet a strange man, Adrian. An amazing adventure of “Love, Rebirth and Death” is ready to begin.
Why similar: Word Game 25.2%, Futuristic 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #3 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
This is a sci-fi adventure visual novel game primarily driven by dialogue choices. In humanity’s pursuit of happiness, people collectively fell into deep sleep, with dreams becoming a source of energy, leaving the world in ruins. The story begins with a “fortunate” amnesiac who awakens.
Why similar: Word Game 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%
- #4 Uberich: Advent Sinners
95% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 20.7%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #5 Strawberry Flavor Sci-Fi
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 忘机工作室Pub: Sisosinc
Windows
Like strawberries? If they went extinct, how would we find their taste again? This fundamentalist suspense & sci-fi visual novel lets you step into the shoes of an Ocular to unravel a series of conspiracies woven from tech ethics and human nature in a near-future world that could arrive anytime.
Why similar: Word Game 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #6 RGB GlitchGazer
93% matchVery Positive97% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Word Game 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Futuristic 13%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Philosophical 10.4%
- #7 WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界
94% matchVery Positive92% of 5,467 reviews2017
Dev: WMY Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.
Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #8 Nobody Nowhere
92% matchVery Positive94% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: 深渊标记 Tag:hadal
Windows
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: Word Game 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Lore-Rich 12%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Artificial Intelligence 11%
- #9 23:61
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #10 睢阳:诗与火
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 绘诗社PoetryCanvas
Windows · Mac · Linux
唐天宝十一载的上元夜,浮浪子弟韩承业在盛世长安城邂逅一位神秘的贵族少女。三年后,安史之乱爆发。本不可能走到一起的两个人,会被命运的漩涡抛向何处?玩家将经历多个主角生命中一系列的变故,以及,投入到那场中国古代史上最为惨烈的守城战中。是死守,是挽救,还是逃亡?做出你的抉择。
Why similar: Word Game 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, RPG 10.7%, Philosophical 8.3%
- #11 未择之路
90% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: 未择之路工作室
Windows
"The Road Not Taken " is a live-action interactive game exploring life's choices through Yi Jing (I Ching) philosophy. Follow a student's struggles in parallel modern China, reflecting youth anxiety. A student-made project celebrating Chinese cultural wisdom.
Why similar: Word Game 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Philosophical 10.3%
- #12 鸢之歌:归途
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WindField Games
Windows
《鸢之歌:归途》是一款末世生存类视觉小说游戏,作为《鸢之歌》的续作,故事延续了前作故事中平安铃带九玖离开江城后的结局。幸存的九玖进入到了幸存者营地“鸢尾”,在这里她重新遇见了那个不曾遇见过的林楠,同时她也将在这里了解到自己所蕴含的秘密,世界毁灭的真相以及拯救世界的可能性……
Why similar: Word Game 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Futuristic 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Sci-fi 9%
- #13 Jukai Maze
88% matchVery Positive89% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beneath the shadowed sea of trees below the volcanic mountain lies a mysterious facility probing the afterlife, as omens of the world’s end approach. A loved one missing, reality twisting, a volcano stirring below. Once more you enter the maze, seeking the exit hidden in spectral forest shadows.
Why similar: Word Game 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #14 定风波·宁州
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Word Game 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Visual Novel 13%, RPG 10.4%
- #15 花母·序
87% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: e-sheep
Windows
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“,你发现了这所学校,不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ,而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进,被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索,已生命为代价换取来的真相,才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 33%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, RPG 10.2%, Adventure 6.4%
- #16 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
86% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 15%, RPG 12.1%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
- #17 众星入海
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 失业者联盟游戏制作组Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
大学毕业正在苦于找工作的平凡男生时寻,在奔波中遇到了一位穿着战术服的少女陈枫实。 陈枫实声称自己是末日时期的搜救人员,目的就是拯救世界上最后的幸存者。 时寻望着周围熙熙攘攘的街道,陈枫实望着周围残破的废墟,同时发觉了对方已经疯了的事实。两人抱着对对方的同情,开启了独属于他们的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 30.1%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #18 无量疯之章
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
Windows
"1990s Psychosis" - A feng shui master battles eldritch visions after a head injury. This Chinese Lovecraftian visual novel explores psychosis, cosmic horror and ancient gods through medication-resistant hallucinations. Remember: Take your pills.
Why similar: Word Game 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, RPG 9.6%
- #19 EXS3~EthnologySister3:Culture and Personality
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
她的微笑,曾经让赤瞳的女子以为,自己不再是带来灾厄的乌鸦。直到四年前,神秘的团体将她的学生绑走,挖去双眼。[晦气][乌鸦][凶手],再次成了她的代表词。【有罪之人的 复仇 惩罚 即将来临 】被命运和性格束缚,这一次能否改变?你会改变什么?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,诡异的仪式,疯狂的连环杀人与肢解,新的死亡祭品,再次来临的威胁与复仇背后,真相到底是……
Why similar: Word Game 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Philosophical 9.1%
- #20 The Echo of MeMe-For You Adrift in the Sea of Reveries
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 宇宙兔工作室
Windows
Welcome to the Meme Space—a dream of scattered fragments. Cross the plains, descend to the deep-sea city, link time, and ride to the Silver River. A denpa-style roaming text adventure, made for you.
Why similar: Word Game 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, RPG 10.4%, Lore-Rich 9.6%
- #21 大梦春秋
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 夫夫游戏工作室
Windows
An interactive AVG with a time-travelling male protagonist in an ancient style, with multiple endings and multiple branches, and a journey of bondage in which you and six close friends join hands to dominate the world in a parallel world.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.5%, Word Game 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Philosophical 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #22 DEAR SUSPECT
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELEGISTS STUDIO
Windows
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Word Game 18.3%, RPG 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Artificial Intelligence 11.5%
- #23 鸳鸯风云录——白中悬案(Phoenix sword: The Hidden Scroll)
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rex Studio
Windows
In 1630, Ming Dynasty collapses—famine, war, and rebellion plague the land. When a tyrant is murdered in "utopian" Baichu County, detectives Yue Wuxi and Feng Shengjue investigate, unwittingly uncovering a conspiracy that will shake both court and martial world...
Why similar: Word Game 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #24 世界之外的愚人船
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 愚人失格
Windows
This is a visual novel, in reality we create different worlds that belong only to you for various reasons, and they will gradually fade away with your memories. Please enjoy this time traveling in different worlds with the girls, and then return to where you are meant to exist - your life.
Why similar: Word Game 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Philosophical 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, RPG 8.9%
- #25 Living In Infinity
79% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: 三岔路工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Living In Infinity is a puzzle adventure focused on switching between parallel realities and using various items to solve mysteries. Play as Lin Meizhen, a 17-year-old high school student who eats a suspicious mushroom at home—only to find her familiar surroundings beginning to twist and distort.
Why similar: Word Game 24%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Artificial Intelligence 10.9%, Futuristic 10.1%
- #26 Marriage in Withdrawal
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 电子冰块Cybertech
Windows · Linux
A dark otome VN where you will walk a perilous tightrope between desire and morality. Will you melt the ice of your frozen husband, or fall into the gentle trap of the boy next door? Will you sink into a tangled, three-way descent, or break free from everything to claim your ultimate freedom?
Why similar: Word Game 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, RPG 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Lore-Rich 12.5%
- #27 Bunker 2322
81% matchMixed56% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: Studio2760
Windows
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 22.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 14.7%, Futuristic 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%
- #28 TOUQI
78% matchVery Positive91% of 448 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《頭七》(头七怪谈)是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员,你需要根据主编的要求,整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联,并在必要时与同伴实地探索,以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Word Game 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, RPG 8%
- #29 KORA
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月之小
Windows
In a "perfect" city governed by AI, you're just an ordinary repair technician trying to survive. Then a routine job goes wrong, you get kidnapped, and the woman who taught you everything you know seems to have known it would happen all along.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Artificial Intelligence 15.9%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Sci-fi 13%
- #30 Rewrite the Romance: The Golden Lotus
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Forest
Windows
古代重生题材文字冒险游戏,改编自小说《金瓶梅》。北宋政和年间,清河县出了一位大财主西门庆,风流倜傥,妻妾众多,却也在纸醉金迷中走向宿命终局。而如今,你化身西门庆,重来一世,命运的罗盘交到你手中。
Why similar: Word Game 31.1%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, RPG 10.6%
- #31 Into Oblivion
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, RPG 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
- #32 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
75% matchPositive100% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, RPG 10.2%
- #33 Engram
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sitokaPub: Yet Another AI
Windows · Mac
In a desolate sci‑fi world, search for a way to save your sister Mia. In Engram, you will make many choices that affect and change the fate of every character in the story. Like an intricate web of butterfly effects, a unique story will emerge under the influence of your decisions.
Why similar: Word Game 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Artificial Intelligence 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #34 Tresmir Sight
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Context Free
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you find what you're looking for? Or are you at the mercy of Tisik and her followers? Your words matter in this short game of dialogue.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Visual Novel 10%
- #35 看事
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Card Battler 9.1%, RPG 7.8%
- #36 模联人
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 小熊猫工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
Early this century, a school Model UN event steeped in emotional conflict and tragedy changed every participant’s life. Years later, the scattered youth reunite and seek revenge, amid fractured friendship, love, ambition and lost dreams.
Why similar: Word Game 30%, Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #37 Baskerville
76% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: DragonCog Interactive
Windows
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: Futuristic 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Artificial Intelligence 8.6%
- #38 OneFlesh
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 唯一魔法制作委员会
Windows
The "OneFlesh" is an exploration-driven RPG. Players explore the town to obtain clues, present clues to the people in the town to advance the story, and finally discover the truth behind the events that the male and female protagonists have encountered.
Why similar: Word Game 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, RPG 6.8%
- #39 灰烬溪AshCreek
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pigeon Studio
Windows
AshCreek is a female-oriented interactive visual novel centered on Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Players take on the role of an outsider who is unwillingly drawn into AshCreek, uncovering the truth behind its anomalies step by step by taking part in stories set across different worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 37.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, RPG 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Adventure 5.7%
- #40 彗星战团
73% matchVery Positive88% of 208 reviews2023
Dev: 星火工造
Windows · Mac
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: Word Game 22%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #41 Destiny Isle
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HiStory
Windows
"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.
Why similar: Word Game 26.3%, Lore-Rich 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 5.9%
- #42 Investigation Stories : windsound
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: 冒险制作组Pub: Adventure Group
Windows
The Truth behind the town's Resurgence of serial Murders--?
Why similar: Word Game 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, RPG 14.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #43 Lavender Dream
72% match9 user reviews40% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Vorh Games
Windows
A text-based visual game with a non-linear plot where every decision shapes the story. AI-driven characters engage in lifelike dialogues, each with unique motivations and hidden intentions you can uncover. The story’s outcome is in your hands.
Why similar: Word Game 29.5%, Artificial Intelligence 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Futuristic 9.2%
- #44 Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
70% matchVery Positive94% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: 雏形游戏Pub: Comma 49
Windows
"Throne of Monsters" is a fantasy visual novel with map exploration and card-based combat.Trapped in a mist-covered city, you must slay the false king to escape.Face monsters, confront tears and regret, and lead the world to rebirth.
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Card Battler 15.9%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #45 Algorithm Prescription
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shochiku
Windows
Xenoria, a city run entirely by AI Trust, occupation, romance, everything in life is pre-determined by "Empathy Score" which reveals a person's personality. Cocoro will unravel the secret of this city, and pursue the truth about herself. An indulging love suspense.
Why similar: Word Game 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Futuristic 10%
- #46 迷子公路
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零旗
Windows
《BanGDream! It’s MyGo!!!!!》的末世公路AU同人游戏,ansy cp向视觉小说。
Why similar: Word Game 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 21.1%, RPG 16%, 2D 3.4%
- #47 File Tricks
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows
"File Tricks" is a visual novel with puzzle solve. It is not only a test of logical thinking and observation, but also a reasoning feast full of suspense and reversal. You need to investigate the crime scene, collect evidence, confront the people involved and finally solve the case.
Why similar: Word Game 39.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, RPG 10.3%, Detective 8.1%
- #48 久美子之死:昭和少女血色告白
68% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: LingVision Games
Windows
1988年,日本泡沫经济破灭前夕,化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警,侦查青梅奇怪自杀案,牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密,穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头,在人心与生死的抉择中,搜查蛛丝马迹,找出血案真相。
Why similar: Word Game 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 6.9%
- #49 Aliya: Timelink
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,250 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
Why similar: Word Game 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Sci-fi 12%, RPG 9.8%
- #50 宅府诡话-Mysteries of the Manor
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
In an old mansion rife with secrets, a pretend Taoist unwittingly encounters real ghosts. Unknown to him are their whereabouts, the victim, or his own fate. He must unravel the conspiracy through time loops.
Why similar: Word Game 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, RPG 9.7%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #51 April 8th
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Word Game 22.3%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Emotional 7%
- #52 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
71% match9 user reviews40% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Word Game 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, RPG 13.9%, Mystery 6.5%
- #53 Silence Archives Terminal
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: R.C. ZhangPub: Protocol 47 Press
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hack into a classified archive of 120 intercepted documents. In this retro terminal investigation, every file you read alters reality — your observations are irreversible, the Federation is watching, and three divergent endings await based on how deep you dare to dig.
Why similar: Word Game 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Artificial Intelligence 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9%
- #54 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
66% matchVery Positive94% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Word Game 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, RPG 10.6%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #55 Macaber Zealot
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 灯花社
Windows
Taniharazo, who lost his memory, wakes up from the forest and goes deep into an isolated school, working with eight girls with different characteristics. The girls are happy together, but as one of them disappears, the serial murders gradually unfold But is the purpose just to find the murderer?
Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #56 OneOne
67% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Abyss Tech
Windows
一段探寻人类智能本质的逃亡之旅,基于现实世界观下的非幻想题材。在突如其来的变故下,一对父子踏上未知的旅途,颠沛于梦境与梦境的交界线,流离于自然智能与人造智能的变革浪潮之中。这场逃亡送给AI时代每一个勇敢活着的灵魂...
Why similar: Word Game 21.6%, Philosophical 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Artificial Intelligence 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #57 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 知行合一
Windows
欢迎来到温泉岛,我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗?那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落,那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说,那里是另一个世界,由贪婪,欲念构成的炼狱……最后,请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, RPG 9.5%, Puzzle 7%
- #58 Phoenix in Flames: A Fateful Misdressing
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Villain Role
Windows
《Phoenix in Flames: A Fateful Misdressing》 is a historical text adventure. Step into the shoes of a Jinwu Guard during the Tang Dynasty’s Shenlong Era. Deeply entangled in the coups following Empress Wu Zetian’s reign, your choices will steer the empire and forge your own unique destiny.
Why similar: Word Game 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, RPG 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12.5%
- #59 童谣无忌
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Youki Fung
Windows
In 1998, journalist Gu Yao comes to Hongcha Valley after an anonymous letter. A nursery rhyme points to a chain of old murders. Explore scenes, question witnesses, and connect clues to separate truth from lies. Uncover a family secret buried for over twenty years.
Why similar: Word Game 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, RPG 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Puzzle 6.9%