- #1 LifeSimOS
97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #2 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
96% 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 21%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 13.8%
- #3 Brageskålen
96% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 27.4%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #4 Victorian Debutante
95% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Historical 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #5 Detours
94% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Mismatched GamesPub: Code Coven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Story Rich 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #6 Presidential Shaman
94% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Text-Based 12.8%
- #7 All (Too) Good Things
93% 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: Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #8 Windrush Tales
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Historical 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 11%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #9 Peter's Journey
91% matchMixed52% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamer StudioPub: Start Game
Windows
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Historical 21.3%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #10 1453: Fall of Constantinople
91% 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: Historical 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 16.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #11 The Lady with the Dog
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marat Zimnurov
Windows · Mac
Chekhov's quiet masterpiece becomes a cinematic visual novel about longing, choice, and the impossible shape of an honest life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Historical 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #12 The Newspapers of the day
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: divingstudio
Windows
Run a newspaper under censorship. Report, choose your articles, strike out words, lay out the page. Sharp reporting draws the censors; a compliant paper loses its readers. 1920s Gyeongseong — a newspaper management simulation adventure where you complete a single page, every single day.
Why similar: Historical 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #13 Reminiscence
89% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Ambling Alpaca Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the winter of 210 AD, the renowned genius strategist Zhōu Yú died of illness. Qiáo Qīng, his widowed concubine, reminisces on their bittersweet relationship while going through the belongs in their bedroom. The player's choices affect her sentiment, which in turn affects how the game ends.
Why similar: Historical 32.7%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #14 Guilt Free
88% matchVery Positive85% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.9%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #15 Do 11
87% 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: Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #16 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Historical 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #17 Et le grain mourut
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fülli
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel set in 1920s Paris. As summer draws near, young students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them.
Why similar: Historical 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #18 Digital Romance Memoir
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MGC Interactive
Windows
A fully immersive kinetic novel: boot a PC running Prisma OS and descend into the psyche of a broken protagonist as 2001 Argentina collapses in the background. Late-night chats, obsession, music and raw Y2K grit, until one decision changes everything.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 14.1%, Historical 11.3%
- #19 Everything Will Be Fine!
84% matchVery Positive84% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Adventure 6.4%
- #20 Ukraine War Stories
84% matchVery Positive87% of 1,081 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Historical 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 10%
- #21 Next Star
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oneleafplay
Windows · Mac
Idol Talent Show Simulation Game-Train from zero to idol debut! Rank high to stay in! Explore the map, manage your schedule and play mini-games.Face tough evaluations,compete with fellow trainees, and forge meaningful bonds. Your choices will unlock 10+ unique endings. Can you shine?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Choices Matter 20%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Story Rich 15.5%
- #22 A Day in the Palace
82% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Poland in 1772, experience life as a servant, and solve a mystery at court!
Why similar: Historical 40.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #23 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
82% 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: Visual Novel 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 16.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #24 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
81% 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: Visual Novel 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%
- #25 Whispering Memories
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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: Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #26 Insects Awaken
78% matchVery Positive89% of 466 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Historical 21.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13%
- #27 狂潮-Staggering Through The Dark
81% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Longxi Zhao
Windows
This is an AVG trying to tell a story about a city under British governance. In 1970s, newspapers were rife with exaggerated title and drama plots. Xu Dan, a fresh journalist accidentally ran into a collaboration of cops and mafia.
Why similar: Historical 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 20%, Text-Based 15.2%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #28 Astrologaster
80% matchVery Positive95% of 531 reviews2019
Dev: Nyamyam
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.7%, Historical 22.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #29 Parallels: Year One
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Resquita Productions
Windows
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #30 Sinemorsk: oil inclusive
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: 7x7 Games
Windows · Mac
A visual novel about an environmental disaster. Coordinate volunteers, make difficult decisions, and try to survive as you try to save a coastal town dying from an oil spill.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Text-Based 16%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #31 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
78% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Transolar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 9%
- #32 Where Control Ends
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #33 A War of a Madman's Making
76% matchVery Positive96% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Historical 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #34 Marcel Pagnol and the Secret Spring
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Historical 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #35 Nikola Tesla: War of the Currents
76% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help the eccentric inventor navigate the intrigue of the emerging electrical industry! Can you outsmart Thomas Edison and electrify the world?
Why similar: Historical 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 20.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #36 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 13.9%
- #37 Vanakan
74% 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: Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #38 目を閉じてプレイするゲーム「星の記す真実」
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamKomori
Windows
When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%
- #39 Pechka: Historical Story Adventure
73% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Growing Seeds
Windows
This game portrays the tragic history of war in a 2D adventure format, set against real events. It provides a realistic experience, encompassing themes of betrayal, death, and love, while also offering multiple endings driven by player choices. Discover the impact of this era's tragedy firsthand.
Why similar: Historical 20.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #40 小厨杂记
74% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 山石
Windows
Please note: This game does not support English at current stage. 《小厨杂记》是一款融合了烹饪元素的视觉小说,通过为食客端上不同的菜肴与食客对话,并最终达成不同的结局。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Text-Based 24.1%, Historical 22.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #41 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TedRed
Windows
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Historical 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
- #42 Mistbound
71% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 12.2%
- #43 Fixer's Tale
72% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Emblem Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13%
- #44 The Island of Crossed Destinies
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper Tigers
Windows
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Historical 24.1%, Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #45 Durka Simulator
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,713 reviews2023
Dev: Xrisofor
Windows · Linux
"Durka Simulator" is a visual novel with humorous elements that takes place in an alternative reality in the Russian Federation.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.2%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Text-Based 14.4%, Historical 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #46 The Long March: 20000 Miles of Journey
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JOX Studio
Windows
A story of a little girl joining the Red Army and finishing the Long March, while discovering her true faith.
Why similar: Historical 35.1%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Adventure 3.5%
- #47 Pasajeros
71% 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: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #48 13 Germinal
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Barricades
Windows
A historical and narrative RPG set in the world of Emile Zola's novel. You are a young man in 1866, forced to work deep in the mines to survive. But every day, the work gets harder and the meals get smaller. Organize a strike, reignite the smoldering revolt, and try to change this unjust world.
Why similar: Historical 28.2%, Text-Based 22.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #49 Sabbatical In Merzouga
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Multiple Endings 15%, Choices Matter 14.2%
- #50 徨恍 Aware
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 戏草狂言工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
You will play a detective and go back to winter Peking more than seventy years ago. On the eve of the peaceful liberation of Peking, you will feel the cold, nothingness, exploration, pursuit, drama and gunshots in the process of searching for missing persons.
Why similar: Historical 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11%
- #51 The Great Sassanelli – An Interactive Novel
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Forking Paths Gardening InteractivePub: DigiTales Interactive
Windows · Mac
A war of unseen ferocity is ravaging the continent. You, ringmaster dilettante, must keep the circus afloat. Travel, entertain, and keep the troupe’s spirits up while trying to find a mythical safe haven to last out the storm in this beautifully illustrated, text-based narrative adventure.
Why similar: Historical 15.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%
- #52 Koko's Cafe
67% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: PluviiArt
Windows
Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Visual Novel 21%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #53 Above the Haze
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vrutup
Windows
A choice-driven visual novel centered on addiction, happiness, and the search for meaning. As a bartender in a rapidly decaying world, serve drinks and substances that shape your customers' fates. Experience their stories through minimalist 1-bit pixel art and an atmospheric liquid DnB soundtrack.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 33.7%, Visual Novel 31.5%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Story Rich 11.5%, Indie 1.9%
- #54 Chief Emoji Officer
68% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Bodeville
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%
- #55 定风波·宁州
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Historical 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #56 Watashi Suzume
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
Windows
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #57 唐宫诗与谋
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 木兰舟工作室
Windows
The historical records tell her ending—pearls sunk, jade shattered. You are a wisp of consciousness, waking up in her mind, and if you don’t speak, you’ll vanish. Before anything is written down, what do you want to say? What would you change?
Why similar: Historical 26.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.3%
- #58 Crisálida
65% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Flameseed Productions
Windows
A short emotional journey through memory, grief, and healing. Help Íris piece together her fragmented memories and uncover hidden truths. A portion of the sales is donated to AbleGamers Brazil. 🧡🖤
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.7%, Historical 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #59 Into the Waves
67% matchVery Positive92% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #60 Fire & Crown: A Romantic Tale of the Hundred Years' War
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IrisCrownStudioPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A historical visual novel about faith, power, and impossible love. Fire & Crown takes place during the Hundred Years’ War, where you must choose between duty and desire as France tears itself apart. Be the reason someone lives—or dies. History may have never loved anyone, but you still might.
Why similar: Historical 19.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Text-Based 11.8%