- #1 Meet Me on the Mountain
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Psychic City Games
Windows
When letters from an unknown figure arrive in Julia's mailbox, she unravels a forgotten, painful truth behind it. Witness a unique narrative experience illustrated in a series of hand-painted scenes that tell the story of Julia and a familiar stranger that lives inside her fractured memories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Emotional 18.6%, Investigation 11%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #2 The Caffeine Chronicles
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pegasus136GamesPub: Pegasus136games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A philosophical interactive visual novel about everyday interactions
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Emotional 15.2%, Investigation 14.2%
- #3 I Lost Someone
96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Forget-Me-Not Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The story of a father and son experiencing the ups and downs of life, and how they try to make the best of the twists and turns life puts them through
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Emotional 16.6%, 2D 2.7%
- #4 My Murder
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Second Heart Studio
Windows · Mac
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Emotional 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #5 Forest of Death Masks
94% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Emotional 12.7%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
- #6 No Case Should Remain Unsolved
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,592 reviews2024
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Emotional 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #7 Kuroi Tsubasa
93% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: Blackwing Gaming
Windows · Linux
Meet Kureha Kurono and her friends in this charming visual novel! With the help of the devil Blackwing-chan they'll be able to defeat the evil shadow, right? What was that? It was Blackwing himself who caused this mess? Oh dear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Emotional 20.5%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #8 Spill the Beans
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skeletal Games
Windows
A secret recipe has been stolen and you’re charged with finding the culprit…trouble is, you’re the one whodunnit. Investigate, interrogate and manipulate your way to framing the perfect scapegoat in this reverse detective visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Emotional 15.9%, Investigation 13.8%
- #9 イマジナリーバッドフレンド
91% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: しのぎや
Windows
A short visual novel game in which a boy named Shiomi suddenly appears one day, and the protagonist, who recognizes him as an imaginary friend, converses with him to find out what happened between them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Emotional 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Story Rich 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #10 RETURN Machine.Love()
91% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Fable BaePub: Fable Was Here
Windows · Mac · Linux
3 different Robot-romance stories. Written, drawn, and made by humans, for humans. Since the very moment the first mechanical mind became aware of itself, it craved love. No one truly understand why the heart made of copper and wires started beating, but it did. Even after we were gone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Emotional 14.9%, Colorful 3.7%
- #11 Travelling Light
90% 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 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Emotional 13.2%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #12 YOUNG TEAM SOUNDS
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POST COMMERCIALS: ALLIANCE
Windows
Break the dead ends! A music creation adventure where the sounds you create change depending on your "emotional choices". A dark tale of creation, modelled on the real world and real events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Emotional 17%, Investigation 13.7%
- #13 Still Joking
89% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Brick Games
Windows · Mac
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Investigation 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Emotional 13.6%
- #14 Good Bones
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 41 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 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 12.9%
- #15 Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth
87% 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 25.4%, Visual Novel 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Emotional 11.9%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #16 Artificial Nexus
86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Susan has woken up in a strange, coffin-like device, with no memory of who or where she is. Uncover the answers in this visual novel as you solve puzzles to escape in a stunning sci-fi mystery investigation!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Emotional 16.1%, Investigation 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%
- #17 A Case of Missing Identity
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AwesomeTrinket
Windows
A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.
Why similar: Emotional 25%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
- #18 summer story
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Investigation 13.9%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #19 AmaTisMo
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VegetinES
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about mental health, depression, and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind and visually impaired players.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Emotional 17.1%, Female Protagonist 5.4%
- #20 Alice & Aidy: The Big Adventure
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Sloth AI Games
Windows
Alice & Aidy: The Big Adventure is a warm interactive story with a gentle children’s sci-fi feel. When Alice struggles to write about the future, she meets Aidy, an old companion robot. Read, choose, and explore as they search for lost sparks and learn to ask, create, and choose for themselves.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Female Protagonist 4.9%, Colorful 3.7%
- #21 The Cloud VR
83% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Seungje LeePub: VeRapy
Windows
"This way. I'm waiting for you." The Cloud VR is a healing fantasy VR game where you go on an adventure to meet someone waiting for you. You can interact and explore in various spaces on your journey. We hope you enjoy a moving journey in a fairytale-like world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Emotional 12.1%, Colorful 3.2%
- #22 IN LOVE: True Romance Pack
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Romance Edition features 3 heartfelt stories – Interview with Fate, Tessa’s Choice, and The Rhythm of Passion. Make decisions, shape your path, and experience unique endings in this interactive romance game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Emotional 15.3%, Narration 6.5%
- #23 Penrose
82% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Emotional 18.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #24 Kamilia
81% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Emotional 20.6%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%
- #25 The Second Reality Room: Unspoken Truths
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shadow GlovePub: FINE Co., Ltd.
Windows
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Emotional 17.2%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #26 Before Closure
80% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Twentysix InteractivePub: Dopoco Games
Windows · Mac
An experimental narrative game that tells its story through sound and memory. Sort through a box of personal mementos and relive memories from a relationship by closing your eyes in real life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Investigation 17.8%, Emotional 13.2%
- #27 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 184 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 24.5%, Investigation 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #28 The Zoo
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Emotional 11.7%, Hand-drawn 6.2%
- #29 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
78% 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 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Hand-drawn 6.5%, Colorful 3.9%
- #30 Along the Edge
79% matchVery Positive82% of 1,068 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Emotional 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
- #31 IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack features 3 enchanting stories – A Raven’s Call, Bloodstained, and Arcanum Academy. Make your choices, dive into mystery, and experience supernatural romances filled with emotion and suspense.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Emotional 15.6%, Narration 5.9%
- #32 IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam takes you on a thrilling romantic journey through canals, secrets, and desire. Your choices will shape how far you’ll go in this passionate and mysterious adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Emotional 15.6%, Narration 5.9%
- #33 Mind Scraper
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scraper Games
Windows
Mind Scraper is a story-driven graphic adventure. Play as Robert and dive into dying minds—built from unresolved regrets—to explore memories and learn why those choices were made.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Emotional 15.5%, Narration 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #34 The Lattice Grimoire
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Sat-Yuga Studios
Windows · Mac
The curse wove your fates together. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Emotional 14.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #35 Depression Quest
77% matchMixed62% of 3,936 reviews2014
Dev: The Quinnspiracy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 77.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Emotional 9.3%, Indie 3.8%
- #36 Breaking Point
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phantom Script Studio
Windows
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Emotional 15.4%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #37 The Butterfly Effect
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 8 Ball Studios
Windows · Mac
Follow the journey of a young boy living in seclusion, whose life takes a dramatic turn after a fierce storm uncovers a peculiar mirror. What begins as a simple curiosity transforms into a heartfelt connection as the boy discovers the mirror's magical properties.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Investigation 17.8%, Colorful 4.6%
- #38 Heart of a Bird in a Cage
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SnowyYANGPub: 逐夏
Windows
warmth, bitterness, longing, compromise.
Why similar: Emotional 30.2%, Visual Novel 29.7%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Female Protagonist 12%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #39 Backwater Eulogy
73% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Wurm Fud
Windows
Musings on grief, moving on, and a life made and lived in the rural Midwest. Features a collection of lovingly hand-drawn panels and pixel art.
Why similar: Emotional 30.3%, Visual Novel 28%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Linear 3.7%
- #40 Rivals
74% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows
A deep and immersive narrative puzzle game.
Why similar: Investigation 45.2%, Visual Novel 31.9%, Puzzle 9.1%, Story Rich 6%, 2D 4.5%
- #41 Among Us Story: On Guard
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Innersloth
Windows · Mac
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Investigation 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #42 Addy
72% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Sofia Gyger
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Investigation 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Linear 4.2%
- #43 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,767 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Emotional 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #44 Sailors of Newport
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puppet Show Media
Windows · Mac
There are rumours of homosexuals in the Navy, and it’s your mission to date them! Sailors of Newport is a point-and-click puzzle game set in 1920s Rhode Island. Infiltrate the gay community, choose who to seduce and who to report, solve puzzles, and grapple with your own burgeoning desires.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Investigation 23.1%, Visual Novel 20.6%, 2D 2.2%
- #45 Reminiscence in the Rain
71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: 『縋想』プロジェクト
Windows · Mac
The world's most "sentimental" tale. "Let's go away together." Those were Yuika Aoi's last words. It was the winter of my first year of college. She disappeared, without a trace. Where had she gone? - only the flower knows.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Emotional 24%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #46 Cheerleaders
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lounatick Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cheerleaders, sisterhood, sex, and competition. Follow the cheerleading team of an elite university for the rich and privileged as they aim for victory at the national championship, led by their ambitious captain, Elena.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Emotional 16.9%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #47 Conspiracy!
72% matchMixed63% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows
A detective game that combines written, audio, visual and meta-game puzzles to create an enthralling experience. It plays for roughly 2-3 hours.
Why similar: Investigation 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 35.9%, Puzzle 14.4%, Story Rich 5.5%, 2D 4.6%
- #48 Nanma, A Tecelã das Sombras
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luísa Destro
Windows
Nanma: A Tecelã das Sombras is a Brazilian dark high-fantasy visual novel where the loom of fate is in your hands. Take on the role of Nanma and discover whether your powers are a gift or a curse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Emotional 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #49 Avalon Gates: 1 Million D
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KingsAvalon Studio
Windows
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Emotional 12.2%
- #50 1453: Fall of Constantinople
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
Constantinople, 1453. Four witnesses — a janissary, a baker's daughter, an engineer, a noble — live the same 53 days of the siege. Choices cross between their stories, and the city remembers. An illustrated, choice-driven historical novel where every ending is someone's truth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Emotional 11%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #51 The Fiancée - Paths of Corruption
66% matchNo user reviews77% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Lounatick Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mature branching visual novel where your choices guide Emily’s descent into temptation or resistance as she recovers in her fiancé’s family home under the watch of a dangerously charismatic father-in-law.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Narration 14.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%
- #52 Transparent
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DamDSN
Windows
Transparent is a narrative game where every choice shapes Clara’s existence. On the eve of her 30th birthday, she revisits key moments of her life. Will her decisions anchor her to reality or make her fade away? Explore memories, face dilemmas, and discover multiple endings
Why similar: Emotional 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Narration 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%
- #53 请在正确答案处咬下
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 别的工作室 Autre Studio
Windows · Mac
When obedient top student Fang Zhu discovers her childhood friend Jiang Xiangyi is secretly a werewolf, she risks her own academic standing to protect him from their suffocating school environment, toxic classmates, and an unfeeling teacher.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Emotional 18.1%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #54 The Spirit Weaver
66% matchPositive96% of 45 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 26.1%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
- #55 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Abigail Fuller
Windows · Linux
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Investigation 13.4%, Colorful 4.3%
- #56 The Nine Lives of Nim: Fortune's Fool
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Sky Bear Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel/life sim with Shakespearean characters and Nim, a cat spirit who is searching for her master, the Prince of Cats.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Emotional 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Investigation 15.6%
- #57 Love Mystery Club
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 119 reviews2020
Dev: GMatrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
Why similar: Investigation 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Puzzle 5.6%, 2D 3.5%
- #58 Song of Life
69% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Experience Game Studio
Windows
A small visual novel about the adventures of a guy named Leon, who wants to change his past. During his school years, a lot of interesting things happened, there were a lot of girls, and where is all this now… That's what Leon thought until he found an amulet that could send him back several years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Emotional 14.9%, Narration 8.6%
- #59 Call Me Cera
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toadhouse GamesPub: Team Toadhouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Emotional 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #60 The Siege of Jeomdo
65% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Hip Sword
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Emotional 18.1%, Hand-drawn 7.9%