- #1 The Siege of Jeomdo
97% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Hip Sword
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Resource Management 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #2 Necromance
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Subversionary Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A brave hero and a bound lich rescue a legendary warrior from a forgotten tomb and put the romance back in necromancy. Necromance is a dark fantasy comedy visual novel with light puzzle elements, 3 endings, and 15 ways to die!
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #3 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #4 Reigns: The Witcher
95% matchVery Positive80% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
- #5 Whispers of Gold
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #6 Good Morning
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: LcieKJPub: Lazy_Pegion_Art
Windows
Good morning! The story explores a distorted memory, blending reflection, twists, and roguelike chaos in a short game packed with hours of replayability.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Dark Humor 17%, Roguelite 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #7 Change the World
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.8%
- #8 Witchlight Woods
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Dark Humor 11.2%
- #9 Royal Duality
91% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Hyakuten Games
Windows
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Lore-Rich 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #10 Clock Out at 2
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Borderless Studios
Windows · Mac
Survive inside the corporate machine known as the "workplace". Eat fast food. Drink more espressos. Experience microaggressions. Pray they don't fire you. Can you power through a day at BIRA Corp. and Clock Out at 2, or are you doomed to repeat your past mistakes in this roguelite visual novel?!
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Roguelite 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #11 We Were Here Before
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Dark Humor 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Lore-Rich 9.2%
- #12 Endless Monday: In Progress
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
- #13 Shadows of Betrayal
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #14 The Last Road
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crow Station Studios
Windows
In this narrative-driven casual strategy RPG, you take on the role of The Driver, sworn to deliver goods along The Last Road. With each journey bringing different semi randomized events to challenge the player, you will need to manage your resources carefully in order to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Roguelite 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #15 Peak or Die
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: House of Morok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Resource Management 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #16 Tri City Monsters
86% matchVery Positive97% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Dark Humor 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
- #17 To Carry a Sword
86% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: We Three NounsPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows · Linux
Story-rich roleplaying game mixing interactive events, strategic planning, and real-time combat. Become the guard of a medieval caravan in a journey where the social connections you make are just as important as the money.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Roguelite 12.7%, Procedural Generation 12%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #18 Will You Be My Disciple?
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Narradive Studios
Windows
Will You Be My Disciple? is a choice-driven cult management game shaped by unexpected encounters and characters.
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Resource Management 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #19 Mass of Consumption
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #20 Next Star
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oneleafplay
Windows · Mac
Idol Talent Show Simulation Game-Train from zero to idol debut! Rank high to stay in! Explore the map, manage your schedule and play mini-games.Face tough evaluations,compete with fellow trainees, and forge meaningful bonds. Your choices will unlock 10+ unique endings. Can you shine?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Story Rich 14.3%
- #21 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,926 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #22 The Reeve
82% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Resource Management 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #23 I Did It ALL for the COOKIE!
81% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Paul RodenburgPub: Rodenburg Films Ltd
Windows · Mac
You are hanging out at a festive Christmas party when your eyes discover the most perfect Christmas confectionery ever! You must have it!... but someone already has it! What will you be willing to do, to get your Christmas wish?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.8%
- #24 Wild Island Quest
83% matchMixed53% of 345 reviews2015
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 13.9%
- #25 Starfell
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elim SavapraPub: Savapra Studios
Windows
A psychological visual novel–style game focused on atmosphere and narrative. What feels like choice slowly collapses.
Why similar: Dark Humor 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #26 Cannibal Court
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dark Humor 11.4%
- #27 Magic or Machinations?
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: EscapeWare
Windows
A sci-fi choose your own adventure game!
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #28 All (Too) Good Things
79% 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 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #29 Tower of the Ice Lich
77% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #30 A Very Foolish Remaster of Beretta Mondatta
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yoss IIIPub: Konol Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help a psychopath find love in this stupid meme visual novel from 10+ years ago, which has finally gotten the remaster it deserves.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Dark Humor 17%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #31 Contra Spem Spero
76% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #32 One Night Stand
78% matchVery Positive89% of 766 reviews2016
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 12.7%
- #33 Unbreakable Love
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ULPub: Satyr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-driven hotwife/nts visual novel where player choices shape a married couple’s relationship as they face temptation, trust, lust and desire on a fateful island getaway.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Dark Humor 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
- #34 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,772 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
- #35 Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows - Known Factors
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows
Join Lydia as she takes her fight to expose the corruption in Cypress Ridge to City Hall in the second part of the visual novel series What Lydia Knows.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Dark Humor 17.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Lore-Rich 7.6%
- #36 Dravora
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aveline Games
Windows
A narrative roguelite where you lead desperate people across a fractured dark fantasy continent. No combat screens — every choice is made in words and every consequence follows you. Your companions have their own reasons to leave. How you survive reveals who you are.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Roguelite 14%, Roguelike 9.3%, Lore-Rich 7.9%
- #37 Quarter Lie
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: prosto
Windows
A narrative adventure game where you take on a role of a fake exorcist on a demon-ridden ship in a long sea voyage. Remember; you can’t lie your way out of everything!
Why similar: Resource Management 29.5%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #38 Reignfall: Fallen Crown
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semih AlarPub: ITIAH Games
Windows
A dark fantasy roguelite card game where choices matter. Swipe cards, make moral decisions, build your skill tree — spin the Wheel of Kings and survive until the year 2000, or watch your kingdom fall.
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Roguelite 11.4%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
- #39 Too Small To Matter
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: André AntunesPub: GameDev Técnico
Windows
Journey of animals trying to survive a War. An emotional tale where you'll decide the fate of all who embark on this journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #40 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
73% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #41 Cold Bed on Route
71% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Old Retina Museum
Windows · Linux
"Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Roguelite 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #42 A Spaceship Accident
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Pick Your Universe
Windows
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Dark Humor 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Multiple Endings 11%, Lore-Rich 10%
- #43 Don Quijote
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Rubén Prende
Windows · Linux
An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #44 OMEA
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows
Your words shape the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you write. No menus, no limits. Just type and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Story Rich 11.1%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #45 Holy Grain
71% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Darkhunter Studios
Windows · Mac
Holy Grain is a celebration of absurdity and over-the-top comedic brutality. It’s a full-on attack against political correctness and wholesome family values. In this roguelike, you’ll team up with two characters: the Counselor and the Entity, to save the world from its impending doom.
Why similar: Dark Humor 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #46 Misadventures of Laura Silver
73% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #47 Morningtide Motel
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Slandercast Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #48 Under the Table
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Choices Matter 11%
- #49 MareQuest: An Interactive Tail
69% matchVery Positive98% of 362 reviews2023
Dev: ElectroKaplosion LLC
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A terrible darkness threatens a world of overwhelmingly adorable mares. Can a new cute mare with amnesia save the world or will she lose more than her memories along the way?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #50 Angel Wings
70% matchVery Positive88% of 645 reviews2021
Dev: RumR Design
Windows
Upon answering a mysterious phone call, you awaken in an unfamiliar place filled with new faces… Through intricate relationships and thoughtful introspection, will you be able to unravel the reason you are here?
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #51 Slippery Flippers: Episode One - Amulet of the Gods
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A group of thieves have found their next gig: a museum holding the "Amulet of the Gods," a mysterious artifact said to contain godlike power inside of it. It's sitting there, just asking to be stolen. With law enforcement on the prowl, will the crew's leader, Orlando, lead them to riches or ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #52 Gold & Brown
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
- #53 Class of '09: The Re-Up
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,590 reviews2023
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The REJECTION SIM returns! Explore a slice of chaotic life in late 2000's American high school as you assume the role of Nicole once again. A 100% fully voiced VN presenting as the most culturally accurate period piece in the history of gaming.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #54 Dead Detention (Rescribbled)
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Jack Astral
Windows
DEAD DETENTION is a scribbly interactive story about a nerdy teen turned dooms day survivor! Play as 14 year old Max as he tries to escape his high school during a deadly zombie pandemic! Will he and his new friends get to safety?!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #55 Impossible Quest
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 367 reviews2016
Dev: Axel Sonic
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Very dumb adventure game about a very dumb person from a very dumb developer.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Dark Humor 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #56 Ostera : The curse of...
66% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Profits Troll Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ostera: The curse of... Join the Adventure! Shape Your Destiny, Kiss Rats, and Slap Kids!
Why similar: Dark Humor 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
- #57 Manos The Hands Of Choice
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Clay DavisPub: Stereotype Anomaly
Windows
A weird, surreal visual novel retelling the cult B-movie Manos: The Hands of Fate. Face tarot cards, blackjack duels, and bad vacation decisions in this Ghibli-meets-grindhouse choose-your-own-disaster comedy. Featuring Torgo. Lots of Torgo.
Why similar: Dark Humor 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #58 This Magical Girl is a B☆tch
66% matchVery Positive99% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Pastel Magic
Windows · Mac · Linux
A magical girl visual novel about giving middle-schoolers way too much power. Make (bad) choices, fight unexpected enemies, and maybe learn a lesson or two...
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #59 AN IOU
67% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Red Room Games
Windows · Mac
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #60 Blackthorn Witch
66% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%