- #1 Monologin
97% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Point & Click 13.6%, Anime 6.4%
- #2 キズツケ kizutsuke
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 852話
Windows
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 7.7%, Thriller 6.3%
- #3 Momo Don't Leave
96% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Point & Click 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
- #4 Mota Must Die
95% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Thriller 11%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #5 N.E.R.D
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Forever Entertainment S.A
Windows
N.E.R.D is a story-driven escape room puzzle game, brought to life as a gripping interactive movie. Inspired by cult classic thrillers, this is an experience that will pull you in - and won’t let go. Dark, intense, and deeply unsettling, every moment pushes you further into the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Point & Click 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Adventure 10.4%
- #6 Make Moku Proud
94% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 12.2%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #7 Monari Station
93% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monari Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Adventure 8.8%
- #8 Tropical
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Robert Welz
Windows
Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Point & Click 9.4%, Anime 7.4%
- #9 Vacation Terminal
91% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
Windows
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Thriller 6.3%
- #10 Parasite in Love
91% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Adventure 13.3%, Dark 6.3%
- #11 My Merry May with be
90% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Adventure 14.3%, Anime 6.9%
- #12 Miya Might Break
89% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Anime 8.9%
- #13 Mutual Harrow
89% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Point & Click 10%, Thriller 8.5%
- #14 Evil Spirits
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #15 Hypoxia - One Last Breath
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: NagiPub: Hypoxia Studio
Windows
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Adventure 13.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Anime 10.1%
- #16 The King of Cats
86% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
Navigate the claustrophobic corridors of a cargo ship and try to survive a night with man-eating tigers on the loose. Your choices will determine who lives and who dies.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Adventure 14%, Thriller 8.5%
- #17 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Thriller 11.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #18 The Game of Fourtune
85% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Thriller 10.2%, Anime 7.8%
- #19 In Your Hands
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nibble & HopPub: Lusty Robots
Windows · Mac
A psychological horror sound novel. A child who lost memories wakes in a ruined building. Explore unsettling space. Open cabinets, speak to adults, grab a weapon—or do nothing? Help the child escape. Help the judgment. Whatever you choose, do it with your own hands. Then… face the consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Point & Click 10.3%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #20 Midnight Road
83% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
Embark on a mysterious nocturnal road trip where every conversation matters. Make choices, explore different paths and uncover multiple stories and endings. Can you find them all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Adventure 8.4%
- #21 MINDFUNK In 13 Days
81% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Nari and Sena make sense of a cringeworthy drink called MINDFUNK that predicts their death. Your choices in this psychological horror visual novel will determine how they deal with this MIND****.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Point & Click 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
- #22 Control Over
84% matchMixed58% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: Ashcraft
Windows
Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Point & Click 13.6%, Thriller 12.1%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #23 For Mother Matron
82% matchVery Positive92% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Point & Click 7.7%, Anime 7.4%
- #24 7 Deaths 1 Life
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Davter17
Windows · Mac · Linux
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Adventure 14.5%, Mystery 6.4%
- #25 Universe Has No Favorites
81% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #26 スマートフォン
79% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 9.5%, Dark 7.1%
- #27 南海饥年志
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Framea Studios
Windows
乱世饥年,岭南盐沼中的丰浦仍有热饭与灯火。你是账房执笔者江砚:翻名册、核份额,把「添丰」与「归丰」一笔一笔记清楚。供期临近,潮路、闭门规矩与人们过分周全的好意,让熟悉的日常渐渐显出不对劲。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 5.8%
- #28 Suhoshin
79% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Thriller 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Anime 8.4%
- #29 Shadows of Betrayal
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Thriller 11.2%, Adventure 4.9%
- #30 Mortality... Please
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penelope falls for a nineteen-year-old who has not aged in over a century. His face survives in yearbooks, VHS tapes, and dead forum pages. Then an elderly woman arrives with a photograph of herself beside him. A short psychological horror VN about eternal youth and the people it leaves behind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Adventure 13.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #31 Scary Stories
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bruce Devlin
Windows · Linux
A spooky text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style game that tells several spine-chilling tales with several choices and items throughout, these may change your path... Can you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Adventure 7.8%
- #32 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
77% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Point & Click 12.5%, Anime 7.7%
- #33 Don't Let Me Fade
75% matchVery Positive99% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Point & Click 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 5.6%
- #34 Neve
74% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Point & Click 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 10%
- #35 Log.in
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #36 Siren's Call: Second Wind
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Point & Click 13.1%, Mystery 7%
- #37 KillerNight
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Illusoria
Windows · Mac
Killer Night is a psychological survival thriller where a group of death row inmates face extreme trials in an isolated mansion to gain freedom. Among them lies a ruthless killer. Will you be able to discover the killer's identity before it's too late?
Why similar: Point & Click 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Adventure 12.9%, Thriller 7.2%
- #38 Glitch
74% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Point & Click 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #39 Exploring Friscott
73% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Point & Click 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Adventure 10.7%
- #40 Itachi: Haunted Abodes Wandering Through 2000s Tokyo Culture
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: room6
Windows
Itachi: Haunted Abodes is a paranormal suspense adventure that has you wandering through 2000s Tokyo's subculture scenes!
Why similar: Point & Click 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Anime 8.5%, Mystery 8%
- #41 Blue Bird's Song
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Meadows Studio
Windows · Mac
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Point & Click 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Thriller 10.9%
- #42 Stay Alive For Me
72% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Thriller 10.9%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Mystery 7.1%
- #43 TOY BOX
72% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #44 水彩画は水底に沈む
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: takonoko
Windows
Watercolors Sink Beneath the Surface is a nostalgic pixel-art point-and-click adventure set on Narumi Island, where only an abandoned high school stands. Years later, two girls return to complete a watercolor inspired by their school memories, gathering ideas from the remnants of the past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Point & Click 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #45 The Fridge Is (NOT) Empty
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mankind Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror adventure about living in a house with a fridge that seems empty, but it's not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 19%, Point & Click 19%, Adventure 6.1%, Anime 6%
- #46 THE FIFTH MASK
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KafamaGore Games
Windows
A cinematic, choice-driven FMV horror. His friends left him alone in the forest as a prank — then hid among the trees in cheap masks to scare him. But not every mask out there is a friend. Every choice matters. Silence is a choice too.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Adventure 13.2%, Thriller 8.8%
- #47 Epimutation
70% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Point & Click 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 7.7%
- #48 All (Too) Good Things
70% 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 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 9.5%, Adventure 7.5%
- #49 Save My Scrap
68% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Unio AnouPub: AMATA Games
Windows
"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." An interactive visual novel puzzle game. By fixing the broken android, you may uncover the truth about your client's past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Point & Click 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Adventure 15.8%, Anime 8.1%
- #50 ReDo
69% matchPositive81% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: ENerd_Official
Windows
A supernatural horror visual novel game where your choices decide if you and your friends see the light of day again or not. Use your sleuthing skills with point and click mechanics to battle horrifying creatures of the night that haunt an abandoned school building and earn your title of "Exorcist"!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Anime 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Thriller 8.8%, Adventure 7.8%
- #51 Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
69% matchVery Positive98% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 12.9%, Anime 7.6%
- #52 MOOZ
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: motsuhouse
Windows
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Adventure 19.1%, Mystery 8.5%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #53 Denpa Virus
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: engirenai
Windows
A "Dark x Engineering" visual novel. A story of brain-docking with four girls infected by "Denpa Virus".
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Adventure 17.4%, Anime 8.4%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #54 Flora Parasocial
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Horror 5.7%, Thriller 5%
- #55 Everyone's Detective
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FRONTERA SUKEBAN K.K.
Windows
Everyone's Detective is a supernatural mystery Exploration Novel about helping those forgotten by conventional logic.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Anime 12.3%, Adventure 10.8%
- #56 Reflection Link
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 9.6%, Anime 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #57 恐怖夜話 第二夜
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Thriller 8.1%, Psychological Horror 8%, Horror 7.3%
- #58 It was a human.
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 491 reviews2024
Dev: Loser/sPub: GAMER Plan
Windows
A short SF psychedelic interrogation ADV game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The protagonist is a lieutenant colonel, tasked with interrogating the suspect. The protagonist needs to find out why she killed the two men and how she committed the crime.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Anime 10.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #59 Lord of Lords: Dawn of the King
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neural Break Inc.
Windows
Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Adventure 16.9%, Text-Based 5.2%