- #1 Moonbriar
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #2 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
96% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Narrative 10.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #3 The Sculptor
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Narrative 20.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Dark 11.1%
- #4 Tower of the Ice Lich
95% 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: Text-Based 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%
- #5 Mass of Consumption
94% 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 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Horror 10.9%
- #6 Gold & Brown
94% 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 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Medieval 9.6%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #7 Twisted: A Dark Fairytale
93% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Fablesoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Text-Based 12.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #8 Dead Gods Realm: Morar
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WAVE gamedev team
Windows
Narrative RPG, inspired by works of H.P. Lovecraft, celtic myths, rapiers and gunpowder. World awaits the Arrival of unknown creatures. It needs a hero who would stop the menace. Or not... He may even join them. Only you shall decide who would Morar become.
Why similar: Narrative 15.3% ★, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Lore-Rich 9.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%
- #9 Taina's Cursed Legacy
91% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
- #10 Sanctuary of Petals
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exista Games
Windows · Mac
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: Text-Based 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #11 This Fallen Lizard Still Dreams of Flame
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoriDreams
Windows
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Dark 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #12 EULA
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MoEater
Windows · Linux
An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #13 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
89% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.5%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11%
- #14 Arderico's Journey
88% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #15 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 24.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%
- #16 Herald of the Mists
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FromNiki
Windows
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #17 A Spaceship Accident
86% 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: Text-Based 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.5%
- #18 Serania - Path of the Scion
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #19 Contra Spem Spero
83% 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 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Horror 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #20 Room 337
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 19.5% ★, Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #21 The Peresmeshnik
84% matchVery Positive93% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Dark 7.8%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #22 Flora Parasocial
82% matchNo user reviews
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 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Lore-Rich 10.5%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #23 Creepy Crypt Critters
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #24 Dancing with Shadows: Prologue
81% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Glass Umbrella Inc.
Windows
Dancing with Shadows: Prologue is a 2D dark fantasy visual novel with CYOA-influenced branching storylines. Guide three protagonists through an interlocked and inexorably connected storyline. There are no wrong answers, but your decisions have consequences.
Why similar: Narrative 18.8% ★, Text-Based 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%
- #25 Pitchforks and Daggers
80% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Idan Sheinkman
Windows · Linux
How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Narrative 10.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #26 Grave Knight
81% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choices Matter 11%
- #27 Whispers of Gold
79% 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: Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #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: Text-Based 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #29 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #30 Parasite in Love
77% matchVery Positive95% of 57 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 16.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Dark 9.4%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #31 XVTM
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Mischief and Craft
Windows
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #32 Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
78% matchVery Positive89% of 526 reviews2019
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 117.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Lore-Rich 9.2%
- #33 Return to ...
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: kupstudio
Windows
A loop-based text adventure where turn-based combat, exploration, and branching choices drive a haunting journey through death and memory.
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #34 The Sin Collector: Repentless
76% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
- #35 The Sleeping Sickness
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Scrap LLC
Windows
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Narrative 24.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #36 Vacation Terminal
74% matchPositive91% of 11 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 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dark 7.8%, Text-Based 7.2%
- #37 VOID OBSCURA Part One: Lost Little Lilith
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Texture Games
Windows
Follow Joseph, Eric, and William (as well as a handful of other characters) as they awake from cryogenic stasis at the enigmatic facility known as Intermine Laboratories. But, deep within the abyss exists an ancient evil that is seeking to enact its own twisted machinations ...
Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%
- #38 The Will and Torment of El Brante
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goosenior
Windows
A hardcore narrative RPG about an inquisitor who defied the Gods and returned from the Afterlife against Their Will. In a world where faith is fracturing, power is waning, and blood is spilled ever more often, your choices will decide what remains of the Empire. Complete the story of Sir El Brante!
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%
- #39 DnD Adventure: Wizard's Choice
73% matchPositive87% of 47 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the wizard of this interactive fantasy story! Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasure, and smite evil. All 6 episodes are included for 20+hours of adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #40 Bleeding Moons
74% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: IAN GamesPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Bleedings Moons is an interactive story revolving around the themes of fate, duty and free will. Your actions and decisions will shape the story of the game, so that Ian's story will be your story, with the logical consequences of your choices.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #41 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
73% 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 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #42 Decadent Heir
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRdroid GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia. Born into nobility, you will shape both your destiny and the fate of a nation.Will you preserve the old order, ignite the flames of revolution, or carve out your own path? Every decision will echo through time.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%
- #43 Royal Duality
72% 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 19.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #44 The Dreamwalkers
71% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Nightbloomer Studio
Windows
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #45 Pechka: Historical Story Adventure
71% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Growing Seeds
Windows
This game portrays the tragic history of war in a 2D adventure format, set against real events. It provides a realistic experience, encompassing themes of betrayal, death, and love, while also offering multiple endings driven by player choices. Discover the impact of this era's tragedy firsthand.
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Text-Based 17%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Dark 8.7%
- #46 Vanakan
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #47 With Good Intentions
71% matchMixed61% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: Golden Dragon Games
Windows · Mac
"With good intentions" is a nonlinear visual novel. Escape from a cursed monastery, win over its mighty Overlord, save your love and uncover the mysteries of time itself!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #48 The Trials - Chapter Two
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
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 19.3%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #49 Your Story: Games with Death
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #50 Metamorphosis
69% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: AKAI KIRI
Windows
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 21.4%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Multiple Endings 16%, Text-Based 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
- #51 For Mother Matron
69% matchVery Positive91% of 164 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #52 Xoru: The Nightmare Wars
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Castlelore Studios
Windows
A dark fantasy horror visual novel where your choices reshape a nightmare‑ridden world. Explore surreal realms, solve narrative puzzles, and face the consequences of every decision.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #53 History of Dragosa
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #54 Thorner
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Dark 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #55 Zugzwang
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #56 Roadwarden
66% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Visual Novel 7.2%
- #57 The Nascent Necromancer
68% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #58 Whispers From The Rift
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #59 Stay Alive For Me
66% match9 user reviews78% of 9 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 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #60 Fate is not a line
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: samet bozbıyıkPub: pixel include
Windows
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: Text-Based 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%