- #1 Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth is a story game about love, lost, hope, grief, medication, meditation and more. You will be the our nameless character and experience his memories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Point & Click 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #2 Earth Must Die
96% matchVery Positive86% of 251 reviews2026
Dev: Size Five GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from my dear, sweet, extremely dead father? This is complete bullsh*t, and I'm going to make them dead.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Point & Click 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Dark Comedy 10%, Cartoony 7.9%
- #3 God For A Day
96% matchMixed59% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: Funky Forest
Windows
In this narrative-based simulation game, you play as the Son of God. Your mission: Decide, bless or condemn city residents. Uncover the person's story through their items and secrets before making decisions. Your choices alter the city's destiny, and impact your revelation on Judgment Day.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.6%, Point & Click 13.8%, Dark Humor 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Cartoony 10.8%
- #4 Moth Lake: A Horror Story
95% matchVery Positive83% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: Stefano Mazzotta (Il Sui)Pub: Sui Arts
Windows
This is the story of Moth Lake, a small town that, behind its peaceful facade, hides a terrible secret. Only a group of teenagers, with a difficult life, will reveal what has been hidden for generations.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.8%, 2.5D 15.9%, Point & Click 13.7%, Dark Humor 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #5 A Pocket Full of Slagford
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SLUMPS
Windows
Slagford. Some call it The Backbone of the North, most call it proper sh*te. This silly misadventure will take you up monolithic megatowers, down dingy dung pits and beyond. Puzzle your way across the unravelling city by picking up pieces of the world and sticking them where they don't belong.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22%, Point & Click 17%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Cartoony 9.9%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #6 The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Dark Comedy 17.4%, Point & Click 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dark Humor 11.5%
- #7 MunchiesGretel
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mizuki
Windows · Mac
Deep in the dim forest, where the trees had stolen the light and the wind had vanished...the brother and sister walked along a path shrouded in purple mist.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Dark Comedy 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
- #8 The Wapple Hous
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cheddar Teeth
Windows
Wander around a nonsensical world just beyond the LAND OF THE LIVING! A world of waffles, death, and choices that just might bring everyone HOME...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark Comedy 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #9 Chronicles from the Abyss
91% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
Chronicles from the Abyss is a collection of 4 twisted Horror & Thriller stories that will play on the darkest corners of your mind, & every choice drips with dread. Twisted plots, haunting art, and chilling secrets await. Ready to uncover what lurks beneath?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #10 Dorm Till Dawn
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to St Fiacre’s College for Women of Unreliable Size. Your new home. If you can survive your first night… Featuring 40,000 words of text and over 500 images, this heart-pumping visual novel journey will thrill fans of shrinking and giants alike!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #11 Kluber's Adventure
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sundin Games
Windows
Kluber's Adventure. Finally, your choices matter... Unless Kluber has better plans. Welcome to an absurdist narrative experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Point & Click 11.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #12 Coulrofobia
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Nico yapi
Windows · Mac
During Juggles' performance, different objects will be thrown from the sides of the room which you'll have to balance in the air in order to obtain score and in-game achievments. Dodge danger (or not) to avoid hurting yourself or use them to better your score.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, 2.5D 21.7%, Dark Comedy 14.1%, Cartoony 11.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #13 AGERASIA
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Olivia WestmorlandPub: Rantan Games
Windows
Eight time periods from across human history collide in a competitive bid to stop the end of the world. Go from fighting monsters to solving a murder, dating sim to escape game. Experience seven vastly different routes in a bid to solve the mystery as to why you've all been brought together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Point & Click 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #14 Sex Robot Road Trip: Highway to Harrisburg
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Yoss IIIPub: KONOL Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A comedy visual novel about a sex robot, a stolen car, and the highways of Pennsylvania.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Dark Comedy 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Dark Humor 9.9%
- #15 Killer Eyelashes
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiamat Studio
Windows · Mac
The apocalypse is here… and its beat for the gods! How likely was your debut as a drag artist to be overshadowed by a zombie apocalypse? Meet quirky characters, solve puzzles, and catfight with your rivals in this fresh narrative adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Dark Comedy 14.5%, Point & Click 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #16 The Dark Prophecy
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Start Warp
Windows · Mac
The Dark Prophecy is a 2D pixel-art Point&Click adventure inspired by the best retro games of the 90s. Welcome to a peaceful medieval village, where life is safe and calm. But one fateful night, everything changes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Point & Click 14.1%, Dark Humor 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #17 Jill O' Lantern: Final Cut
85% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Screen Savor Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Point & Click 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dark Humor 11.8%
- #18 Exploring Friscott
84% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Point & Click 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #19 The Epsilon Outcome
84% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Kenneth A. PerrinePub: Academiken
Windows · Mac
A dry-humored, sci-fi interactive mystery adventure game about a major science experiment gone wrong
Why similar: 2.5D 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Point & Click 17.4%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Cartoony 10.4%
- #20 Seaside Picnic
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: unSAMEPub: Shepherd Games
Windows
A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, an experience of Nihilism and self-salvation. The storm is coming. The storm has never left.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Point & Click 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #21 One More Encounter
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Niños Fumones
Windows
On November 17, 1992, a small group of three developers released a video game like no other. Only available for the NEC PC-9801 computer, this was the most ambitious game the industry had ever conceived. Unfortunately, it was a sales failure and was lost in the abyss of time.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Dark Humor 10.7%, 1990's 10.4%
- #22 PAPERSODA
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: rottenfuzz studio
Windows · Linux
you've clicked on the link to download this this evil visual novel... and now you're stuck in it. what's gonna happen now?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Point & Click 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Cartoony 10.6%
- #23 Private Psychic
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pazazz!
Windows
Private Psychic is a narrative investigation game about weird ghosts and the fear of the future.Play as Maple, a Psychic launching her own paranormal detective agency, but who is so afraid of the future that she can't predict it anymore (which is a real problem for a psychic...).
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Point & Click 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Cartoony 8.7%
- #24 Travelling Light
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Point & Click 16%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.8%
- #25 Wolf Adventures
81% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Schizo Cat
Windows
Interactive novel in pixel style about the king HappyWolf. You're a powerful king Happy Wolf of the kingdom EbenGrad. For a long time, your citizens were happy about everything, but times have changed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Dark Comedy 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dark Humor 11.7%
- #26 Vasilisa the Wise
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Fleon Games
Windows
Vasilisa the Wise is a visual novel based on the famous Russian fairy tale "The Frog Princess". However, unlike the well-known fairy tale, in this game there are several scenarios, depending on the actions of the player. The goal of the game is to defeat the evil and win the heart of Vasilisa.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Cartoony 13.1%
- #27 Devils
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francesco Cabbai
Windows
Your soul is on the line. Manage devils, manipulate fate through dice-based negotiations, and make soul deals in a Barcelona narrative strategy game about debt, temptation, and survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Point & Click 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #28 AntVentor
79% matchVery Positive82% of 522 reviews2018
Dev: LoopyMood
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
AntVentor is a point & click adventure game. You find yourself in a photorealistic macroworld where you immediately manage to ruin the life of the main character, ant, and foil all his plans for making his dream come true. Can you help get everything back in order?
Why similar: 2.5D 22%, Point & Click 15.6%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Cartoony 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #29 15 Weeks Before Summer!
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoubleLove Studios
Windows
It’s 15 Weeks Before Summer! New country, new ambitions, new life. Will Jimmy bang the law books, chase love, or focus on his rebirth? Shape his fate in this elusive Adventure Visual Novel, with multiple endings, life meters and the weight of insane expectations. Osaka awaits!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Point & Click 13.5%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Cartoony 10.5%
- #30 Storyteller
77% matchVery Positive88% of 8,911 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel BenmerguiPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Point & Click 18.3%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Puzzle 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #31 We're Getting Deeper Into The Abyss
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chainsaw Development
Windows
Follow the story of "Frei K", an artist who is searching for answers about his eventful past, yet he is someone that is starved for love, putting others ahead of himself first. Experience unique multiple areas, side-stories, collectables, mini-games, and different endings.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, 2.5D 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dark Humor 12%
- #32 Reigns: The Witcher
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Cartoony 8.4%, Adventure 8.1%
- #33 LaughterLost
76% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Mix StudioPub: USC Games
Windows
LaughterLost takes you through a surreal journey of work and family life. Face psychological twists, narrative choices, puzzles, and unexpected unique confrontations! Will you break this dystopian cycle of everyday life?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Dark Humor 18.2%, Dark Comedy 17.6%, Point & Click 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #34 The Spirit Weaver
73% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: StarBullet StudioPub: GameChanger Studio
Windows
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Point & Click 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 14%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #35 looK INside - Chapter 2
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: UnexpectedPub: PID Games
Windows
Manon has found a new notebook that goes deeper in the life of her family. Discover this new chapter of looK INside and enjoy the memories of a French family from 1960 to nowadays through unique puzzles based on empathy and aesthetic sense.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Point & Click 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, 1990's 11.8%
- #36 Mr. Honeybunch
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mr Honeybunch Productions
Windows
A point-and-click adventure game taking place within a single room. Equipped with some trash and a makeshift time machine, and aided by a neurotic version of yourself from 5 years ago, you must traverse time, collect objects, solve puzzles, befriend a large zombie bee, and escape the madness.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.7%, Point & Click 19.2%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Cartoony 12.3%
- #37 Toyeater
74% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
A seasonal visual horror story! The night before Christmas, and you're tiny, trapped by a giant, malicious, man-eating elf. It's a race against time to find a path out of her workshop before she devours you all. In this illustrated, part animated narrative puzzle, your choices decide your survival.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #38 Lost on Cow Island
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Tessier/Ashpool
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lost on Cow Island is a linear story-driven comedy adventure game, in the style of Monkey Island, Sam & Max, or Day of the Tentacle. Look, Interact, and Talk to a host of kooky af characters and navigate out of impossible situations to fix your time-travelling car and get back home!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Point & Click 18.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, 1990's 10.8%, Dark Humor 10.6%
- #39 Midvinter
76% matchVery Positive86% of 103 reviews2016
Dev: Talecore Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Midvinter is a cozy little point-and-click game, which invites you to explore Swedish folklore using puzzles and riddles as well as compelling music and voice over. In it, you as a player take on the role of gnome - the guardian of the farm - and get to interact with various dark and fantastical creatures.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Point & Click 15.6%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #40 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
72% matchVery Positive99% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Dark Humor 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Point & Click 14.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #41 Tiny Stories: Santa Closes
73% matchVery Positive89% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Flip It
Windows
« Santa Closes » is a pint-sized point & click adventure in which you take on the role of an Elf whose sole mission is to save Christmas...but the poor devil will soon find how hard spreading that holiday cheer can be.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, Dark Comedy 19.3%, Cartoony 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Dark Humor 12%
- #42 I Write Games Not Tragedies
70% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Studio WifePub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows
An emo-inspired narrative rhythm game exploring growing pains, addiction, romance and music. Scream with Ash as he makes the transition from baby bat to elder emo, guide him through his crash outs and help him navigate his (teenage) dirtbag life through music.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, 2.5D 14.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #43 A Walk With Yiayia
71% matchVery Positive99% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Trent Garlipp
Windows · Linux
A Walk with Yiayia is a heartfelt solo-developed, bite-sized adventure game about taking your Greek grandmother on a walk after she's lost her confidence from a scary fall. Connect through engaging conversations, explore a relaxing environment, and complete microquests in this thoughtful adventure.
Why similar: 2.5D 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #44 Shape Shift Shawn Episode 2: Fugitive from the Future
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Megalithic Mainframe
Windows
It's not the '90s anymore. Shawn wakes up in a harrowing new future, filled with more platforming challenges!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.7%, 2.5D 17.5%, 1990's 14.4%, Cartoony 11.4%, Dark Humor 10.8%
- #45 Nelson and the Magic Cauldron: The Journey
72% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Manuel Schenk Games
Windows
"Nelson and the Magic Cauldron: The Journey" is a classic point & click adventure, with lots of puzzles and funny dialogues.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21%, Point & Click 18.2%, 1990's 14%, Dark Humor 12.6%, Cartoony 12.3%
- #46 Magret & FaceDeBouc "The buddy-buddy case"
71% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Adipson Studio
Windows
Control the unlikely duo of detectives Magret, a refined duck, and FaceDeBouc, a diabolically opposed goat! Help them solve the mystery of the murder of Mr Couane, a local shopkeeper found turned into sausages, in this cartoonish point-and-click police investigation.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Point & Click 15%, Cartoony 9.3%, 1990's 9.3%
- #47 Goblin's Journey
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: David BrocekPub: Digital Mosaic Games
Windows
Goblin's Journey is a humorous adventure game with a stupid plot and even more idiotic characters. You play as a greedy bastard goblin named Alastar. You are about to save you king's life - in exchange for gold of course! An adventure full of gold, mischief and innapropriate content.
Why similar: Point & Click 26%, 1990's 14.2%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 11.7%
- #48 Feeding The Velociraptors
69% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: workHate Inc
Windows
Explore a raptor-infested compound in classic retro horror style. Gather "evidence" to shift blame of your crimes. Survive in the courtroom of your few remaining peers. Do not accept any responsibility. Do not try to escape.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Point & Click 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #49 Creepslore
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Sonant
Windows · Linux
Enter a world filled with drunk monsters and their offbeat shenanigans: Birdman's arm got stolen as part of a performance art. Lettuce wants you to eat him. Doctor Scientist rents his body out to a Wound Parasite, and the Talking Lamp is... well, a talking lamp. Wait- WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
Why similar: 2.5D 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, 1990's 12%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #50 NubiaPhobia
69% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Solve the wacky point & click puzzles filled with horror and humor. Break the witch's curse on your home as you explore five distinct regions, each hiding a sacred key to unlock the village chest.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.9%, Dark Comedy 21.6%, Dark Humor 20.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 9.1%
- #51 Momo Don't Leave
67% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, 2.5D 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Point & Click 18.6%, Visual Novel 18%
- #52 Monologin
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, 2.5D 17.8%, Point & Click 16.4%
- #53 The Judge
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Team Syukino
Windows
Take down multiple criminals case by case as you judge each and every one of them. Will you be naughty or nice? The final verdict is up to you!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 25%, 2.5D 22.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 6.4%
- #54 Crisis: The Third Way
65% matchVery Positive91% of 2,915 reviews2025
Dev: DUALITY
Windows
"Crisis: The Third Way" is a fantastic visual novel set in a world struggling to recover from a devastating financial crisis that led to World War III.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 13%, 1990's 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #55 The Sink Gods
69% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: Dr. Puzzler
Windows · Mac
The Sink Gods is a modern adventure game. You play a poor villager who lives in the Sink Valley. When you are evicted from your home, you realise your only hope is the Sink Gods of the Great Basin. Journey to each of their temples, and pass their test to gain revenge for what you have lost.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.2%, Point & Click 16.3%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Cartoony 9%
- #56 PACTUM + EPISODE 1
68% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Ponctum
Windows · Linux
Explore all the different routes of PACTUM! Try to discover more about what really happened. Learn more about each character by picking between some... story-changing choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Point & Click 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Minimalist 8.3%
- #57 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
67% 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 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Colorful 5.6%
- #58 Camille and Laura
66% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: BonjourBorzoi
Windows
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Point & Click 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Adventure 9.3%
- #59 Kill Ralph
65% matchVery Positive100% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Andrii Tuzenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Lies, treachery, and a bounty worth dying for. You’re no warrior, just a cunning hunter—will your wits be enough to catch Ralph Devour?"
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Point & Click 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Hand-drawn 11%