60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choices Matter, Adventure, Singleplayer.
Smuggle banned books to save the Nation! Make tough choices, manage resources, and decipher secret messages in this narrative adventure based on true events. Help preserve a forbidden language - one dangerous mission at a time.
Less Miserables
A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables, with classic adventure puzzles, hand drawn art and an amazing voice cast.
Death Trick: Double Blind
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables, with classic adventure puzzles, hand drawn art and an amazing voice cast.
Why similar: Historical 26.5%, Point & Click 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Historical 15.4%, Investigation 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Point & Click 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%
You play as pharaoh Horem during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. You have to balance your work and home life as the living embodiment of a god, how hard could it be? What is right and wrong? Can there be an allowance for a lapse in judgment? Can you forge a path to getting to sleep peacefully each night?
Why similar: Historical 24%, Investigation 20%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
There are rumours of homosexuals in the Navy, and it’s your mission to date them! Sailors of Newport is a point-and-click puzzle game set in 1920s Rhode Island. Infiltrate the gay community, choose who to seduce and who to report, solve puzzles, and grapple with your own burgeoning desires.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Investigation 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Point & Click 10.8%, Historical 9.4%
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Choices Matter 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Historical 14%, Investigation 13.8%, Point & Click 13%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%
A narrative adventure game where you take on a role of a fake exorcist on a demon-ridden ship in a long sea voyage. Remember; you can’t lie your way out of everything!
Why similar: Resource Management 31.1%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 9.4%, Adventure 8.3%
Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.
Why similar: Resource Management 20.1%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 10.8%
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
Why similar: Investigation 15.3%, Historical 15.2%, Point & Click 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%
The first historical visual novel. 13th century - steppe, steel, and intrigue. Subedei and Jebe lead their armies westward, and it is up to you to decide: will history remain as written in the chronicles, or will you rewrite it anew?
Why similar: Historical 23.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Point & Click 13.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
Travel to Poland in 1772, experience life as a servant, and solve a mystery at court!
Why similar: Historical 36.2%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
A short visual novel with quizzes to help you dip your toes into the world of startups.
Why similar: Historical 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Your decisions determine how many clues are uncovered for the final player character, the detective. Explore each stage of grief: Chapter 1 stars Orven as he navigates the shocking deaths of his dream and his hero.
Why similar: Point & Click 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Investigation 11.3%
Run a newspaper under censorship. Report, choose your articles, strike out words, lay out the page. Sharp reporting draws the censors; a compliant paper loses its readers. 1920s Gyeongseong — a newspaper management simulation adventure where you complete a single page, every single day.
Why similar: Historical 18.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Point & Click 8.9%
It is a multi-ending novel game depicting the fan of VTuber "Toaru" "Hinade-chan" and "I" go to an off-line meeting and finish the off-line meeting.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Choices Matter 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Simulation 10.5%, Adventure 9%
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Historical 21.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Historical 25.9%, Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 22.1%, Investigation 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Point & Click 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
Ice River is a point-and-click story-driven adventure game set in late 1990s in northeastern China. Players will immerge into Jiangping, which inspired by Shenyang and Changchun, gradually uncover the truth behind the disappearance of Dun’s mother.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.8%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Story Rich 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Historical 12.9%
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Point & Click 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 11.2%
The first chapter of a hand-drawn 2D point-and-click adventure, Unfolded : Camellia Tales. Follow the journey of Herman, a boy who lived through the most tragic times in the history of Jeju Island, Korea. Explore the beautiful wilderness and experience the coming-of-age story.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Historical 19.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Hand-drawn 11.6%
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.2%, Resource Management 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Point & Click 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
Constantinople, 1453. Four witnesses — a janissary, a baker's daughter, an engineer, a noble — live the same 53 days of the siege. Choices cross between their stories, and the city remembers. An illustrated, choice-driven historical novel where every ending is someone's truth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Historical 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
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: Historical 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
Echoes of Chang'an is a Chinese-style mystery visual novel developed by NSTUDIO. You play as the adopted son of the renowned mid-Tang general Duan Xiushi who is unexpectedly drawn into an inescapable conspiracy that threatens the fate of the Tang Dynasty while carrying out a mission.
Why similar: Historical 26.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Historical 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Resource Management 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Point & Click 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Investigation 19.6%, Historical 17.6%, Point & Click 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%
Visual novel set in Chile, 1973. The military dictatorship rises up, and a family of siblings try to live their daily life, interrupted by the regime's activities. You will be cornered and forced to take tough decisions that will test your morality. Remember: Every decision will have consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Historical 18%, Point & Click 16.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: Historical 15.5%, Resource Management 13.7%, Investigation 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Historical 16.5%, Point & Click 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Investigation 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Investigation 19.7%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Story Rich 11.4%
A choose your adventure, resource management and decision-making game focused on Portuguese culture.
Why similar: Historical 22.5%, Resource Management 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Point & Click 12.8%
"Isekai reincarnation? It's all in your hands." Review countless souls at Re:Born Isekai Company and assign them to new worlds. In this text-based inspection sim, a single paperwork flaw or question can birth a legendary hero—or unleash a catastrophic disaster.
Why similar: Resource Management 17.4%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Point & Click 15.7%, Investigation 14.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Investigation 19.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Point & Click 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
London, 1889. Step into the shoes of a young detective in this hand-drawn, point-and-click mystery. Explore the dark halls of Seraphim House, illuminate the shadows, and interrogate suspects to solve a complex locked-room murder. Will you accuse the right person?
Why similar: Investigation 21.8%, Point & Click 17.7%, Historical 15.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 9.2%
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: Historical 20.8%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 11.6%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Investigation 9.7%
This fan game is based on the lore of the character 'Anna Amur Tiger'. In this game you have to deliver a package to Anna! Find out where the tiger is hiding! Deliver the package and don't stop until you succeed. Remember, nothing is what it seems...
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Point & Click 18.1%, Investigation 17.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Investigation 18.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Adventure 9%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Investigation 16.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Inventory Management 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Historical 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!
Why similar: Historical 20.3%, Investigation 15.7%, Choices Matter 13%, Point & Click 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.2%
Kluber's Adventure. Finally, your choices matter... Unless Kluber has better plans. Welcome to an absurdist narrative experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Choices Matter 21%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Investigation 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Point & Click 15.5%, Story Rich 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Historical 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Know your neighbors. Find the truth. Betray them. Experience the nightmare of the Salem Witch Trials in this horror story based on true events.
Why similar: Historical 29.3%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
A war of unseen ferocity is ravaging the continent. You, ringmaster dilettante, must keep the circus afloat. Travel, entertain, and keep the troupe’s spirits up while trying to find a mythical safe haven to last out the storm in this beautifully illustrated, text-based narrative adventure.
Why similar: Resource Management 14.5%, Historical 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Investigation 12.3%, Story Rich 12.1%
Embark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft, uncover hidden secrets, and rescue a village lost to the shadows in this magical detective visual novel. Oh, and never forget your cat - he might save you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Investigation 16.3%, Story Rich 12.3%
1919. Saboteurs organised an insolent provocation in revolutionary Novgorod. So called «miracle-making» relics of Saint Lukian were stolen right on the eve of being exposed and debunked in public. Our paper «The Red Case» is following the investigation.
Why similar: Historical 21.9%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.2%, Point & Click 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Story Rich 12%, Historical 10.7%
Discover the youth of a legend - Experience the transformation of Arsene Lupin, from whimsical thief to legendary hero, in 'Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief', an adventure and investigation game freely adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc, with its events unfolding in the early 20th century.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.7%, Historical 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Investigation 15.3%, Crime 8.8%
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 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Story Rich 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Point & Click 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Story Rich 7.7%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Point & Click 12.7%, Story Rich 10.6%
Investigate a haunting mystery inspired by Nordic folklore in a story-rich 2D point-and-click adventure. Explore the remote Faroe Islands, uncover forgotten secrets, solve paranormal puzzles, and discover what lies beyond the Window to the North.
Why similar: Investigation 26.2%, Point & Click 25.4%, Historical 23.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Story Rich 7.6%
A 2.5D surveillance sim in a private museum. Work the night shift: listen at doors, observe the people around you, take on their jobs, and decide moment to moment who to trust and who to expose. Your employer tells you what to ignore. Something is being moved that was never meant to be seen.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, Point & Click 13.3%, Inventory Management 11.7%, Resource Management 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
