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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Adventure, Story Rich, Historical.

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  1. #1 Less Miserables
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: College Fun Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables, with classic adventure puzzles, hand drawn art and an amazing voice cast.

    Why similar: Historical 26.3%, Point & Click 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Adventure 11%

  2. #2 Death Trick: Double Blind
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 269 reviews2024
    Dev: Misty Mountain StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 15.2%, Investigation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Point & Click 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%

  3. #3 Court of Ma'at
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Acarenoh Games
    Windows

    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 23.8%, Investigation 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%

  4. #4 Brageskålen
    95% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
    Dev: Tidvis Games
    Windows · Mac

    Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!

    Why similar: Historical 25.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

  5. #5 The Siege of Jeomdo
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Studio Hip Sword
    Windows · Mac

    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 21%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 10.6%

  6. #6 Chronique des Silencieux
    94% matchMostly Positive74% of 35 reviews2024
    Dev: Pierre Feuille StudioPub: Zugalu Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 15.4%, Historical 15%, Point & Click 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%

  7. #7 A Day in the Palace
    93% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
    Dev: Tidvis Games
    Windows · Mac

    Travel to Poland in 1772, experience life as a servant, and solve a mystery at court!

    Why similar: Historical 35.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Story Rich 7.6%

  8. #8 The Golden Horde: Story of Jambul
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Doomers Entertainment
    Windows

    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 23.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Point & Click 13.1%, Adventure 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%

  9. #9 Quarter Lie
    91% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: prosto
    Windows

    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 33.6%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 8.2%

  10. #10 Start a Startup with a Legendary Japanese Warlord
    91% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
    Dev: CapGames
    Windows

    A short visual novel with quizzes to help you dip your toes into the world of startups.

    Why similar: Historical 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Adventure 13.4%

  11. #11 Ice River
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 漂流獭工作室
    Windows

    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 18.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Historical 12.8%

  12. #12 Pentiment
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,036 reviews2022
    Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 21.8%, Investigation 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Point & Click 9.2%, Story Rich 9%

  13. #13 Unfolded : Camellia Tales - Prologue
    89% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2021
    Dev: COSDOTS
    Windows

    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%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Hand-drawn 11.6%

  14. #14 Beware of the Cartographer!
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tohu Bohu Games
    Windows

    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 19.9%, Historical 17.6%, Point & Click 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%

  15. #15 Insects Awaken
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 445 reviews2025
    Dev: HelloMeow
    Windows · Mac

    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 20.6%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 11.6%

  16. #16 Through the Darkest of Times
    87% matchVery Positive84% of 1,135 reviews2020
    Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.

    Why similar: Politics 25%, Historical 16.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Resource Management 8.9%, Simulation 7.9%

  17. #17 Neighbors - A Visual Novel
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Amateur Studio
    Windows

    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 29.1%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Story Rich 7.4%

  18. #18 Good Bones
    85% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2023
    Dev: RETCON Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%

  19. #19 Kurofune : Descobrimentos Portugueses
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2024
    Dev: 3PA Studios
    Windows

    A choose your adventure, resource management and decision-making game focused on Portuguese culture.

    Why similar: Historical 22%, Resource Management 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Point & Click 12.6%

  20. #20 Hearth & Holmes
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
    Windows · Mac

    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 15.1%, Resource Management 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Investigation 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%

  21. #21 A Storied Life: Tabitha
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Lab42Pub: Secret Mode
    Windows

    A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell. Complete a loved one's damaged memoirs by exploring their home and packing away their things.

    Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Inventory Management 17.1%, Point & Click 13%, Resource Management 10.3%, Story Rich 9.4%

  22. #22 Addy
    81% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: Sofia Gyger
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.

    Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Point & Click 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%

  23. #23 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Spicy Bread Productions LLC
    Windows · Mac

    Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…

    Why similar: Point & Click 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Investigation 11.9%

  24. #24 Velistra: Failed State
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: VoltekPlay
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Assume the presidency of Velistra, a nation teetering on collapse. Every choice reshapes destiny amid ruthless factions, moral dilemmas, and global pressures. A careful balance must be struck in both economics and politics. How will you lead?

    Why similar: Choices Matter 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Politics 14.8%, Point & Click 11.5%, Story Rich 10.7%

  25. #25 L'Agence - The Hearts of Paris
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 1888 Studio
    Windows

    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 21.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Point & Click 15.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 10.4%

  26. #26 狂信ちゃん
    80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
    Dev: アルティネット
    Windows

    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 25.3%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Adventure 9.2%

  27. #27 Package
    79% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2023
    Dev: Indi Drakosha
    Windows

    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 20.6%, Investigation 17.8%, Point & Click 17.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%

  28. #28 Sky Caravan
    78% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
    Dev: Studio Bravarda
    Windows

    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 19.2%, Resource Management 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Point & Click 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%

  29. #29 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
    77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes, interrogate suspects, and survive in this point-and-click remake, rebuilt from the ground up. Solve the mystery before your demons consume you. Play the free demo and wishlist now!

    Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Point & Click 12.9%, Inventory Management 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%

  30. #30 Skin Tailor
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Night Asobu
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Skin Tailor is a medieval horror dress up game and visual novel hybrid. Skin your supernatural enemies, create disguises and infiltrate vampire owned blood farms to rescue your comrades.

    Why similar: Historical 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

  31. #31 We. The Revolution
    77% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,370 reviews2019
    Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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%, Investigation 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Point & Click 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.1%

  32. #32 A War of a Madman's Making
    75% matchVery Positive96% of 101 reviews2024
    Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
    Windows

    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 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Resource Management 15%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%

  33. #33 Carnival
    73% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: Beyond Booleans
    Windows

    Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click featuring low-resolution pixel art graphics, locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.

    Why similar: Politics 28.9%, Historical 23.7%, Point & Click 20.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%

  34. #34 Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 7,420 reviews2017
    Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 21.9%, Point & Click 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Story Rich 11.9%, Historical 10.3%

  35. #35 One Night Stand
    76% matchVery Positive90% of 762 reviews2016
    Dev: Kinmoku
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Point & Click 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%

  36. #36 Bad Credit
    74% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2022
    Dev: Riley SampsonPub: Soldier Girl Interactive
    Windows · Mac

    It's 2016 and you are a money lender. You need to get rich ASAP. Invest in crack heads. Oversee unspeakable crimes. Set the old world on fire and watch the new world rear its ugly head. It's pretty simple, if you can keep your brains in your skull and your money in your pocket, then you win.

    Why similar: Politics 24.6%, Historical 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Point & Click 10.9%

  37. #37 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
    73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: Scott Tipton
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%

  38. #38 Fate of Kai
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 225 reviews2021
    Dev: TRYLIGHT GAME STUDIOPub: TheGamePublisher.com
    Windows

    Fate of Kai is a new kind of adventure. Explore different storylines, solve complex puzzles, travel through time and manipulate characters ideas to help Kai reach the castle. The game is set in a magical illustrated book, which you will have to master to reach the end of the story.

    Why similar: Point & Click 19%, Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Inventory Management 15.6%, Adventure 12.2%

  39. #39 Astronaut: The Best
    73% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2023
    Dev: Universal Happymaker
    Windows

    Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.

    Why similar: Resource Management 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

  40. #40 SEMMELWEIS
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: N130
    Windows

    Narrative game about the life of Ignace Semmelweis, a visionary doctor who has saved thousand of lives of mothers in the 19e century.

    Why similar: Investigation 27.5%, Historical 23.2%, Point & Click 22.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%

  41. #41 rodina.doc
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: pain department
    Windows

    USSR, August 1991. Perestroika, glasnost, an attempted military coup. Soon the world will change forever. The USSR will cease to exist, and a new country will appear – Russia. Go out to the square, become a free person, and try to keep your freedom in this new country. Sorry, but you already failed

    Why similar: Politics 30.4%, Historical 18%, Point & Click 17.4%, Adventure 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%

  42. #42 囚人カウンセリング
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: MoshikabaStudio
    Windows

    An interactive prison adventure. You play as a psychiatrist, working one-on-one with inmates who have committed crimes. Use case files to choose appropriate responses and hand out items from the drawer to maintain their trust. Your choices can either open up or close the inmates.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Story Rich 14.4%, Adventure 9.2%

  43. #43 徨恍 Aware
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 戏草狂言工作室
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You will play a detective and go back to winter Peking more than seventy years ago. On the eve of the peaceful liberation of Peking, you will feel the cold, nothingness, exploration, pursuit, drama and gunshots in the process of searching for missing persons.

    Why similar: Politics 25.6%, Historical 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%

  44. #44 Perestroika Drive
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: qubiq
    Windows

    Pick up hitchhikers. Hustle for fuel. Decide who stays or goes on a road trip across a collapsing post-Soviet world. Every passenger has a story. Every stop has a price.

    Why similar: Resource Management 21.6%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Story Rich 9.5%

  45. #45 Butt Tattoo Artist Simulator
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hat Jump
    Windows

    Leo Pujols is just a wholesome man with a simple calling: open up a butt tattoo parlor. The historic town of Las Nalgas will never be the same. In this visual novel, your choices decide the fate of Leo and Las Nalgas. Also, you draw tattoos on butt cheeks.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Point & Click 14.1%, Story Rich 13.3%

  46. #46 Dawn After Dusk
    69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Alexis Clay
    Windows

    Asylum simulator. An interactive fiction about schizophrenia and finding meaning after near-death, with Disco Elysium-style mechanics.

    Why similar: Politics 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Point & Click 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

  47. #47 Chromatic Memories
    70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Perla Oculta
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A visual novel about grief, memory and acceptance. Nayara is a painter of memories: she digs into her clients’ minds to change or even erase their memories. One day she realizes she has altered her own memory. What was so painful or unbearable that she wanted to forget it for good?

    Why similar: Investigation 23.1%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Emotional 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

  48. #48 My Dear Frankenstein -English Edition-
    70% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
    Dev: NUMBER7Pub: Moonchime Studios
    Windows · Mac

    Play as man-made boy, Adam, in this emotional adventure. Explore the city at night in search of the fragments of his heart!

    Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Emotional 12%, Visual Novel 10.3%

  49. #49 Doppelgänger
    69% matchPositive100% of 49 reviews2023
    Dev: HOLOSTARS English
    Windows · Mac

    The story is set in an alternate universe where the player is struggling with the memories of what they know to be HOLOSTARS English -TEMPUS- and the mysterious look-alikes who pull them every which way. Can the player figure out the truth about this twisted world and return to the guild?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 9.3%

  50. #50 Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future
    69% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2023
    Dev: Studio Unagi
    Windows · Mac

    Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is an engaging strategy-based, multi-route historical visual novel. It is designed by a team of four undergraduate students associated with University of Texas, Austin's Japan Lab and Epoch Games Initiative.

    Why similar: Politics 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Historical 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 10%

  51. #51 19|19
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 74 st.
    Windows

    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 21.7%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Investigation 12.7%, Hand-drawn 7.5%

  52. #52 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 100 reviews2025
    Dev: Homo Narrans Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.

    Why similar: Historical 22.1%, Investigation 20.2%, Point & Click 19.4%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Crime 9.3%

  53. #53 The Great Sassanelli – An Interactive Novel
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Forking Paths Gardening InteractivePub: DigiTales Interactive
    Windows · Mac

    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 16.1%, Historical 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%

  54. #54 Frank and Drake
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2023
    Dev: Appnormals TeamPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
    Windows

    Frank and Drake is a modern gothic tale that puts players at the heart of a supernatural mystery through its non-linear branching paths, mini-games and puzzles, and unique rotoscoped art. Take your time, explore, and soak up every word.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 21.7%, Point & Click 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Story Rich 13.8%, Adventure 9.3%

  55. #55 Court of Crowns
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: PlaceHolder Name Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Court of Crowns is a Visual Novel game inspired by Ace Attorney. You play as Princess Adela de Rex and lead the Crown Court that resolves important disputes between the Nobility. But what kind of a person is Princess Adela de Rex? Decide that for yourself, thanks to the game's unique Belief System

    Why similar: Politics 24.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 9.5%

  56. #56 Suzerain
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 11,092 reviews2020
    Dev: Torpor Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

    Why similar: Politics 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Point & Click 10.7%

  57. #57 Change the World
    68% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
    Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

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