60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Noir, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter.
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Man I Just Wanna Go Home
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Noir 20.5%, Detective 14.3%, Conversation 12%, Crime 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Noir 21%, Comic Book 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Comic Book 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conversation 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Noir 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Detective 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Detective 16.8%, Comic Book 15.4%, Thriller 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Detective 11.8%, Thriller 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Story Rich 8.6%
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Comic Book 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conversation 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Noir 23.7%, Detective 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Crime 7.8%
A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
Why similar: Noir 21.5%, Comic Book 14.9%, Conversation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Conversation 24.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Emotional 8.6%
As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 14.9%, Comic Book 12.4%, Crime 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Detective 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Comic Book 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 25.8%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Crime 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
FORECLOSED is a narrative-driven action-adventure set in a Cyberpunk world filled with action, suspense, and experimental augmentations. Follow the story of Evan Kapnos in this sleek comic book styled game as he unravels the conspiracy behind his identity foreclosure. Who is responsible and why?
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Comic Book 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Futuristic 10%, Story Rich 7.9%
His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.
Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Crime 12.8%, Thriller 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Detective 11%
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Comic Book 17.1%, Detective 14.8%, Conversation 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Noir 22.6%, Detective 15.9%, Conversation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Thriller 11.6%
ALLBLACK Phase 1 is a visual novel adapted from light novel with the same title. Follow the journey of the amnesiac and seemingly abnormal "Theodore Quentin" as he uncovers his identity while escaping from the people who wants him at all cost...
Why similar: Noir 35.2%, Thriller 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
YOU are Titan City's resident superhero in this interactive graphic novel! Fight crime and solve clues to discover FEAR's fiendish plot!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.8%, Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Indie 7.4%
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Detective 14.9%, Thriller 13.8%, Conversation 12.3%
Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Crime 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Emotional 12.2%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Crime 19.2%, Conversation 17%, Visual Novel 14.2%
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 11%, Cyberpunk 9.5%
Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.9%, Comic Book 18.9%, Noir 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Detective 12.5%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Noir 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conversation 12.8%, Thriller 10%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Cyberpunk 14%, Psychological 13.2%
Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber City 2157.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.6%, Cyberpunk 23%, Story Rich 12.3%, Dark 10.2%, Casual 9.3%
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Emotional 13.4%, Psychological 12.8%, Choices Matter 12%
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Conversation 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%
Blacklist Mafia - is not only a struggle for power and money, but also a dangerous game of survival. Who will be blacklisted, and who will become the new boss? Find out with us!
Why similar: Noir 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Detective 23.7%, Visual Novel 20.1%
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Comic Book 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Thriller 11.8%, Crime 11.5%
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Crime 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Thriller 12.6%
Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.
Why similar: Noir 34.8%, Detective 23.9%, Crime 17.7%, Mystery 6.5%, Visual Novel 6.3%
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Conversation 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 10%
Born as the heir to a crime syndicate, yet longing for an ordinary and peaceful life, the kind-hearted protagonist fights desperately to protect their loved ones. Set against a backdrop of towering skyscrapers, this visual novel weaves together the lives of 23 characters in a modern-day legend.
Why similar: Comic Book 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Conversation 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Crime 9.9%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Conversation 11.5%, Psychological 9.7%
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Detective 13.1%
Blankspace is an escape room visual novel with point-and-click elements. Investigate your surroundings, solve puzzles, make meaningful choices, and figure out the the mystery behind Chris and Beryl's predicament.
Why similar: Casual 25.9%, Indie 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Mystery 10.4%
A visual novel/roguelike hybrid where a simple mission spirals into a cannibalistic odyssey. You'll struggle as a fragile human, blood-soaked knight, or flesh-devouring Forsaker. Devour or be devoured—yet your fate dangles by unseen strings. Choose: cling to this broken world... or forsake it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.2%, Visual Novel 32.6%, Story Rich 14.6%, Mystery 7.8%, Casual 5.9%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Detective 18.6%, Conversation 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
Why similar: Noir 24%, Comic Book 19.6%, Detective 16.1%, Crime 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Blues and Bullets is a dark and violent crime thriller. Set in an alternative Eliot Ness & Al Capone story, Blues and Bullets blends a stunning script with detective work to deliver an amazing interactive experience.
Why similar: Noir 34%, Detective 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Visual Novel 6.6%
An adult LGBTQ+ visual novel about love, drugs, murder and crime. We follow this intense thriller through the eyes of our main protagonist, Sasha, while he maneuvers through dangerous drug deals, formidable kingpins, and silent assassins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Conversation 10.5%
Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game. A retired ace soldier, four girls, a hidden chamber at home, genetic cloning tech... Experience interactive VR panoramic evidence searching with this game and decide your own ending. Every choice you make is crucial!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Emotional 11.1%, Mystery 9.6%
Play as 25yo writer Jian Xun in a 5-min deadline loop. Your script is alive! In this thriller puzzle, use "keyframe sorting" to piece stories. Fight AI, break the 4th wall & escape the nightmare!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Comic Book 29.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Casual 3.7%
In this twisted love story of a visual novel by CLOCKUP, an insomniac must decide whether to protect his position as a yakuza bigwig’s pet killer or the mysterious woman who can put him to sleep.
Why similar: Crime 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Thriller 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
Why similar: Comic Book 33.8%, Detective 31.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Story Rich 8.1%
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Conversation 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.6%
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Conversation 22.1%, Detective 18.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Cyberpunk 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 10%
CAUTION: Escape from this supervillain at your own risk...A short sci-fi visual novel packed with brain-teasing puzzles, gruesome deaths and heartbreaking secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Cyberpunk 21.8%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Story Rich 15.2%, Dark 9.1%
Become Atom Eve and take control of your own path as one of the most powerful superheroes in the Invincible universe! Unravel a mystery and balance the dangers and responsibilities of being a superhero with the relatable challenges of everyday life.
Why similar: Comic Book 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 11.1%
Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors?
Why similar: Thriller 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Mystery 7.3%
Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?
Why similar: Comic Book 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Untangle a gripping conspiracy in this noir-influenced mystery, laced with classic RPG elements. Navigate seedy streets to collect clues, upgrade skills and customize weapons. Brawl in turn-based combat with timed hits & combos, to reveal the dark truth that plagues the city’s core and your sanity.
Why similar: Noir 35.2%, Detective 25.4%, Crime 20.9%, Story Rich 8%, Mystery 7.5%
A worn out detective with his demons to fight and a homicide case to solve. Deluded is an interactive crime thriller movie with point-and-click investigation and adrenaline pumped quick time events.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Thriller 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Psychological 10.3%
You're the bouncer of the Green Door club, where every decision matters. Reject the unworthy of partying with clever retorts, explore a neon-lit city, and immerse yourself in the Berlin-like city's underground techno scene. The beat is pumping—are you in?
Why similar: Conversation 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Cyberpunk 8.4%
