- #1 OTHERS
97% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: CRPG 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #2 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,656 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: CRPG 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #3 A Spaceship Accident
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Pick Your Universe
Windows
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.1%, CRPG 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #4 Tower of the Ice Lich
95% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #5 Cannibal Court
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Point & Click 8.6%
- #6 Worn Out
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Text-Based 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #7 Flesh Blossom
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Pearl Games
Windows
Experience the horror of this narrative-driven medical RPG. As Doctor Parsnip Green, you’ll point-and-click your way through difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Point & Click 8.4%
- #8 Reflections of the void
91% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Echo Story Games
Windows
A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion. Care for your wards, follow every order — or break the rules to discover who you truly are.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #9 The Peresmeshnik
92% matchVery Positive93% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 7.4%
- #10 Welcome To The Survey
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peanut Dev
Windows
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Investigation 10.7%
- #11 We Were Here Before
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #12 Contra Spem Spero
89% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Horror 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #13 TOY BOX
89% matchPositive86% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Point & Click 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #14 Tales In Text: Multiplayer Immersive Adventures
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Synthetic Mind Corp.
Windows
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 10.6%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #15 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Horror 10.9%
- #16 The Trial
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #17 For Mother Matron
86% matchVery Positive92% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #18 Be Honest
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #19 Flora Parasocial
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Text-Based 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #20 Wildwake
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Text-Based 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #21 FAKEBOOK
82% matchVery Positive91% of 772 reviews2024
Dev: banjihagames
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Investigation 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Point & Click 9%
- #22 Glitch
81% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Text-Based 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Point & Click 12.3%, Horror 10.3%
- #23 Temple of Endless Night
83% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #24 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
82% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: CousinCatnip
Windows
Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #25 True Magician
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark CitadelPub: Brezg Studio
Windows
How do you become a true magician? Find out in True Magician, an interactive text adventure with RPG elements. Travel through the kingdom with your teacher, learn the art of magic, fight enemies and make friends. And remember, the world is not what it seems!
Why similar: CRPG 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Text-Based 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.8%
- #26 The Farm of the Living
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Visual Novel 7.6%
- #27 History of Dragosa
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #28 Brood Year
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wurm Fud
Windows
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Text-Based 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #29 Whispers From The Rift
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Horror 10.7%
- #30 ghostpia Season One
77% matchVery Positive93% of 967 reviews2023
Dev: ChosuidoPub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.2%, CRPG 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #31 Not It: Spookiest Edition
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #32 Robot's Fate: Alice
77% 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: CRPG 21.4%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #33 Nippon Island: The Flight
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Meow Arts
Windows · Mac
Nippon Island is a first-person story adventure that begins on a flight to Japan. What starts as a peaceful trip slowly turns surreal. Reality shifts, memories stir... and somewhere, a cat begins to care. The journey is just beginning.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Mystery 10.3%
- #34 Condition Unknown
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #35 Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tohakusha Inc.
Windows
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Text-Based 12.3%, Investigation 11.8%, Horror 11.1%, Mystery 9.3%
- #36 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildspell Games
Windows · Linux
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Point & Click 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #37 Mass of Consumption
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Horror 13.9%, Choices Matter 10%
- #38 恐怖夜話
72% matchVery Positive95% of 150 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Horror 11.5%
- #39 Rootless
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Guardian Studios LLC
Windows
Guide Trask, a young seedling born into a cave-dwelling family that fears the outside world. Uncover the secrets of a mysterious tree and fight to save everyone trapped in their isolated home. Explore strange environments, absorb animal traits, and overcome dangers in this adventure.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Point & Click 10%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #40 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
73% matchVery Positive95% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.7%, Point & Click 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #41 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
73% match3 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, RPG 8.7%
- #42 VT Harmony
73% matchMixed61% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Play as VT, a lonely TV-boy who seeks solitude until the sudden message from a strange bunny named IV. Discover the different endings of this cozy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Text-Based 16.4%, Point & Click 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #43 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
71% matchVery Positive92% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #44 Creepy Support
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #45 Stay Alive For Me
71% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #46 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
70% 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 20.4%, Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #47 LakeLady
69% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.7%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #48 While We Wait Here
68% matchVery Positive89% of 2,359 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Horror 9.9%
- #49 Roadwarden
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,066 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, RPG 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #50 Broad Daylight
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Vagus Truman
Windows
The day awaits. Whether it ends with you going to visit family, taking a breath in the park, or hiding inside your apartment, it all can be taken away without you having a say in the matter. Regardless of all the chances that life might provide, one truth persists: carpe diem.
Why similar: CRPG 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #51 Addy
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Sofia Gyger
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Point & Click 11.9%, Investigation 11.8%
- #52 Memories of Tomorrow
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Digital Bard Games
Windows
A Slice-of-life Anime Visual Novel about 4 friends trying to recapture old feelings. Has multiple story branches and endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Text-Based 15.5%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 8.7%
- #53 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Point & Click 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #54 生物实验室:畸变实验记录
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: EL
Windows
A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Text-Based 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, CRPG 9.5%
- #55 Reborn
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #56 Lux, City of Secrets
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #57 Sofia in Exchange for Lies
66% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2025
Dev: MUTAN
Windows
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: Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Investigation 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #58 XVTM
66% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Mischief and Craft
Windows
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Text-Based 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #59 Truth Scrapper
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: insertdisc5
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Point & Click 12.6%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #60 Dust and Salt: The Battle for Murk
70% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac
The Battle for Murk is an interactive narrative set in a gritty medieval world. Play as Corporal Mandrake from the City Watch in a fantasy adventure game. Uncover the truth behind a treacherous conspiracy in a race against time to save your hometown from falling into the hands of a cruel leader.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, CRPG 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Point & Click 10.4%