- #1 Across Kiloparsecs
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Text-Based 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Science 10.8% ★, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #2 All (Too) Good Things
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Text-Based 19.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #3 Detective Turtletop: Who Killed Harambe?
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Turtletop Software
Windows
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 13.6%, Detective 10.7%, Mystery 9.8%
- #4 One Night: Burlesque
95% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Noir 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Detective 10.5%
- #5 Pasajeros
94% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GameLoop
Windows
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #6 Sunset High
94% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Turnip Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Text-Based 14.6%, Detective 11.7%
- #7 JACK: 1 % BATTERY - A Detective Thriller
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JD Detective Thrillers Studio
Windows
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Noir 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Text-Based 16.3%, Detective 13.5%, Drama 7.3%
- #8 时忆 Memory of Time
91% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: SPARROW STUDIO
Windows
This is a science fiction detective themed visual novel game, where players need to play the role of a "detective", connecting seemingly unrelated events and discovering mysterious truths hidden behind them, Please survive, and walk with your head held high towards the 'perfect ending' you expect.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%
- #9 The Island: Into The Mist
92% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Detective 13.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #10 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Text-Based 19.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #11 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Noir 15.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #12 Coalescence
89% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #13 ナカノ人格移植研究所
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Detective 12.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #14 Lacuna: Prologue
88% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Detective 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 12.7%
- #15 FORTUNE the FATED
86% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
To unlock ancient spells needed to defend the galaxy, can you navigate fantasy quests, noir cases, heroic competitions, dystopian worlds & space heists?
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #16 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #17 Biocybernetic Trap
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Noir 17.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Detective 11.9%
- #18 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
82% matchVery Positive86% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Detective 18.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #19 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Noir 19.8%, Text-Based 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #20 201 - The Bad Number
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Detective 11.9%
- #21 Tron: Identity
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 290 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
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: Noir 21.3%, Detective 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Mystery 10.4%
- #22 Do 11
82% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Conversation 9.7%
- #23 Five Biggest Accomplishments
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Noir 26.1%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #24 You're a dad
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Linus Bohman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Multiple Endings 10%, Visual Novel 7.6%
- #25 Veils of the Past
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TangoScarMike Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological mystery where every clue reshapes reality. Unravel the link between a vanished woman and your missing sister, only to discover four entirely different truths, each revealing a new world, a new enemy, and the price of remembering.
Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Detective 11.7%
- #26 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
79% 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: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Text-Based 15.3%, Detective 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #27 Robot's Fate: Alice
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 16.8%, Science 13.6% ★, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #28 Clean Slate
78% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Mariano JarPub: Time Ajar
Windows · Linux
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Detective 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #29 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
77% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Noir 22.2%, Text-Based 17%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #30 Remembering Emily - Mystery visual novel
75% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Tortita Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive Thomas’s memories in this mystery-filled visual novel. What really happened to Emily? Make choices, explore different versions of events, and uncover two complementary endings that reveal the full truth.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #31 Death off the Cuff
77% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Detective 15.2%, Conversation 8.7%
- #32 Misadventures of Laura Silver
76% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Noir 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Detective 12.1%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #33 Message in a Melody
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Text-Based 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #34 PataNoir
76% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Detective 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #35 Gomorrah
75% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: SandboxPub: 34BigThings
Windows
A dark and suspenseful narrative RPG about an Italian mafia family, where morality is tested with every branching decision.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Text-Based 13%, Detective 11.3%
- #36 PIGBLUE
73% matchVery Positive93% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Fatih Mert
Windows · Mac · Linux
A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Noir 18.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 11.5%
- #37 Murder at the Cat Show
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AppleHead Games
Windows · Mac
After a cat show competition, three contestants, Claudette, Aberdeen, and Illia, head back to their hotel rooms to decompress and unwind. The next day, Claudette's body is found floating in the hotel's pool. Did Claudette take her own life, or was she murdered by cutthroat competition?
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Detective 13.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #38 Sarawak
74% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Cowleyfornia StudiosPub: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Detective 12.3%, Mystery 10.4%
- #39 雪凤山 Secret Opera
71% matchVery Positive80% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 11.9%
- #40 Alice49 EP.0『ダイヤモンドとシュークリーム』
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Include0
Windows
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Text-Based 23.9%, Mystery 18.5%, Detective 14.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #41 Whispering Memories
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 16%, Multiple Endings 12%, Conversation 9.9%
- #42 Blake: The Visual Novel
73% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
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.
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Detective 14.3%, Conversation 8.4%
- #43 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
70% matchVery Positive95% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #44 A Week in Paradise
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EtrikiaPub: Soft Serve Games
Windows
A Week in Paradise is an interactive narrative mystery. Discover the unusual circumstances of your arrival to a bar called Paradise, and drink through the night with the bar's charismatic regular. Each night, unravel the threads holding back memories in your dreams.
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Conversation 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Mystery 10.7%
- #45 Silent Earth
72% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Fring Frang Games
Windows
Silent Earth is a short sci-fi text adventure about finding one’s place despite an uncertain future. Explore an off-world mining colony ship, navigate multi-linear character relationships, and steer the story toward one of five endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Sci-fi 11.8%
- #46 Judge SIM
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sunsistudiosPub: sunsixstudios
Windows
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Noir 17.9%, Detective 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%
- #47 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
70% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Text-Based 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 2.6%
- #48 《道格拉斯警督的日记》
69% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 日食网络 solar eclipse studioPub: 日食网络
Windows
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: Noir 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Detective 14.8%, Text-Based 12.4%
- #49 Vanakan
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Text-Based 25.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 2.3%
- #50 No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES
66% matchVery Positive82% of 835 reviews2025
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Iris has been abducted by aliens?! Finding herself on board a mysterious UFO and tasked with completing a bizarre escape game, Iris knows there's one person who she can always count on for help: Kaname Date, Psyncer!
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Detective 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #51 NOAH: 2050
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Team NOAH
Windows
『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Text-Based 23.5%, Multiple Endings 17%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Conversation 9.6%
- #52 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
67% matchVery Positive92% of 2,791 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 22.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Detective 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #53 Roadwarden
66% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Visual Novel 5%
- #54 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Detective 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Mystery 12.8%
- #55 The Trials - Chapter Two
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Multiple Endings 17%, Text-Based 16.7%, Noir 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #56 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JointPoint Studios LLC
Windows
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary governments while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt through the galaxy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Text-Based 18.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #57 The Trials of Ozymandias
68% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Drama 7.7%