Games Like Ballad of the Midnight Man

Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Narration 10%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

A visual novel with a very open narrative: Revenge Story offers you to play as an avatar in search of justice, as well as the worst of the scum. Customize your character's gender, romance the character you like or get rid of the others!

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Narration 10.8%, Text-Based 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.2%

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 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 11%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%

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 19%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%, Horror 9%

A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Female Protagonist 13%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 9.6%

Play as VT, a lonely TV-boy who seeks solitude until the sudden message from a strange bunny named IV. Discover the different endings of this cozy visual novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9%

Fate is not a line is a visual novel game where your choices shape destinies. With 40+ decisions, 4 unique perspectives, and 25+ endings, every playthrough reveals new truths. Defy fate, face moral dilemmas, and uncover the secrets of the Arbiter of Fate.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Text-Based 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

Horny Academy is an adult visual novel that blends interactive storytelling with a deep, branching narrative. Every choice you make leads to steamy animated scenes or unexpected twists within the mysterious walls of the magical Academy

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Narration 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%

In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Dynamic Narration 18.6% ★, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choices Matter 6.6%

A queer romance/horror visual novel about being locked into a path, and having _______ words hidden from You. Find Your way to discover what's missing and reach Your ____ End.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

To get to heaven, you must climb the Nine Circles of Hell. But you might never make it to the depths.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Narration 10.2%, Choices Matter 8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.3%

Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective 👁️. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings. ✨

Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.9%

A Slice-of-life Anime Visual Novel about 4 friends trying to recapture old feelings. Has multiple story branches and endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Horror 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

An adventure exploring two distinct types of information: conversation and memory. A district two stations away from the city, a night district who exude a atmosphere of alluring “Just listen to their desires, then do whatever you like.” —Told ya?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Text-Based 20%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Un visual novel d’horreur qui se déroule dans le noir complet, où les paroles des personnages sont mises en musique.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 15%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Narration 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

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 27.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Horror 13.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Horror 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%

A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 17.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Multiple Endings 9%

A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Narration 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 14.8%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 15.4%, Narration 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.7%

A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?

Why similar: Text-Based 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Dynamic Narration 16.9% ★, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Narration 9.9%

The main character is looked down upon at her part-time job. Using a hypnotic object given to him by a college senior, we'll test the mother and daughter by making them do various naughty things.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 19.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

「私には『中の人』がいるらしい」 「声優×メタフィクション」新感覚ビジュアルノベル、開幕！ゲームの世界を認識している高校1年生・五月山さつきと、その親友・真野ユイ。そして二人の声を演じるのは声優・宮白桃子。キャラクターと「中の人」が交わるとき、物語はどこへ向かうのか。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Narration 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Dynamic Narration 21% ★, Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Late Night Tales is a visual novel with cinematic visuals, a choice based story with different endings. Play as Alfred of Wildrivers fight against the danger rising from the North. The night is waiting for you to tell its tale. 🌙✨

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Narration 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Enjoy the process of the timid protagonist using hypnosis to manipulate and subjugate his abusive mother and daughter, training them to his liking.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Horror 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Horror 7.1%

A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11%

When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Text-Based 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Multiple Endings 5.9%

Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 11%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Choices Matter 8%

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 29.6%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Text-Based 16.2%, Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

Cabbage and the Chompettes want to play hide and seek! Can you find all five of them?

Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Narration 11.6%, Horror 9.8%

Step into a visual novel of rotten flowers. Play as a young woman in a world where the ability to lie is condemned, and seek shelter in the mysterious castle across the lake. Survive, little dove, in the rot infested halls, and be careful of who you choose to love — what you choose to lie about...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%

A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.1% ★, Text-Based 18.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Narration 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

22 people awake and find themselves trapped in a game underground. To win, they must escape the world beneath our feet.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Horror 7.3%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Discover the world of Nadaca, meet emotionally rich characters and help them express their feelings through conversations, mini-games and a plant-growing system.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Narration 12%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Hand-drawn 8.3%

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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Narration 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%

A woman who suffers from severe delusions wakes in the center of a forest aboard “The BUB,” a proto-generation ship from the mysterious Faust Corporation to a vision of a spirit she grew up with, she quickly learns that not everything is as it seems, and this waking cycle is anything but ordinary.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Narration 9.8%, Female Protagonist 9.7%

After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Text-Based 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%

Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 10%

A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Narration 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Dynamic Narration 20.8% ★, Text-Based 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Narration 11.7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Horror 7.6%

Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Narration 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 13.5%, Narration 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Hand-drawn 8.7%

A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Narration 14%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.2% ★, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Narration 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%

Play 4 characters, live their unique stories and manage their daily lives to create their best day ever. In this narrative game, your decisions have consequences and change the outcome of the stories.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Narration 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 10%

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9%, Choices Matter 8.6%

The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10%

'Angel of glory, Gloria' joined the 'Demonophobia Company' with disguising herself as 'Demon of vanity, Burbary.' Could Burbary finish her mission and go back to her home?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Text-Based 8.2%