- #1 Seeds of Pain
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A group of kids decide to leave the floating island they live on to go and explore a colossal world tree. They don't know yet how dangerous this choice will be. Feel their fear and try to survive in this Visual Novel with resource management systems.
Why similar: Time Management 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #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 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #3 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
96% 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 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #4 Slippery Flippers: Episode One - Amulet of the Gods
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A group of thieves have found their next gig: a museum holding the "Amulet of the Gods," a mysterious artifact said to contain godlike power inside of it. It's sitting there, just asking to be stolen. With law enforcement on the prowl, will the crew's leader, Orlando, lead them to riches or ruin?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Space 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #5 I Feel Fine
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secret Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
The meteorite will hit your space station in 3 days, and you’re bolted to the floor. Can you convince someone to free you? Meet, persuade, and escape certain doom with a large cast of characters in this bittersweet and hilarious adventure game!
Why similar: Time Management 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #6 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
94% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Text-Based 22%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #7 Mass of Consumption
93% 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 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #8 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
92% 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: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 15.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #9 3 DAYS: Ghosts of War
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KovalGames
Windows · Mac
In the heart of the Afghan wilderness, amidst the chaos of war, you awaken to the stark reality of your mission: three days to navigate the perilous landscape, uncover hidden truths, and confront the ghosts of the past.
Why similar: Time Management 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #10 Where are you, Cinderella?
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KimiNako
Windows · Linux
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #11 One Week Left : Last Days at the Office
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: yongdustudio
Windows
Only 5 days until you quit. Plan your daily schedule, chat with coworkers, and make choices as you prepare to resign. Will you hand over your duties perfectly, or slack off in the breakroom and cause chaos? Experience a hyper-realistic K-office drama shaped by your choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Time Management 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #12 Whispers From The Rift
89% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #13 The Zoo
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 11%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #14 SINce Memories: Off The Starry Sky
88% matchPositive82% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: PQube
Windows
Follow the story of Junya, lost in his own world but soft-hearted and ready to help those in need, his close friends try to keep him grounded following the tragic loss of his brother. Trying to move on from his grief, focusing on his studies and his work, he loses himself in trying to help others.
Why similar: Time Management 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Cute 6.6%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #15 Zœufs Story Academie
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmigauxCamz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Raise a Zanmi egg at the "Academie des Zœufs". Care for it, choose its activities and training, and build relationships with the other students to shape its growth in this character-raising simulation. What kind of Zanmi will you raise?
Why similar: Time Management 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Text-Based 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #16 Lord of Lords: Dawn of the King
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neural Break Inc.
Windows
Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 10%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #17 Tayke Me With You
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foccelized Studios
Windows · Linux
Tayke Me With You is a visual novel about high school seniors and their struggles with each other and the world around them. You play as Gene, a sheltered, socially naive human from the city as he acclimates to living in a rural town filled with dinosaurs, finding friends (and love) along the way.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 15.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #18 Glow Box
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月刊湿地帯Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows · Mac
A 60-minute adventure where all you do is glow.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #19 Rouge Patrol
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimlark
Windows
A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...
Why similar: Time Management 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #20 Tower of the Ice Lich
84% 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: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #21 Whispering Memories
83% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #22 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
82% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #23 Vanakan
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 20.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #24 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
81% 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 29%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #25 The Music at the end of the World
80% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #26 Xoru: The Nightmare Wars
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Castlelore Studios
Windows
A dark fantasy horror visual novel where your choices reshape a nightmare‑ridden world. Explore surreal realms, solve narrative puzzles, and face the consequences of every decision.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Roguelite 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #27 My Merry May with be
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.
Windows
主人公の前に突然現れた人工生命「レプリス」の少女・レゥ。人と変わらない感情を持つ彼女と過ごす中で、「心とは何か」「人間とは何か」という問いに向き合っていくSF恋愛アドベンチャー
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #28 The Last Bastion
79% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Voidpeak Games
Windows
The Last Bastion is a survival-management game where you lead an army of defeated soldiers across a setting inspired by medieval India. Fight overwhelming forces, manage dwindling resources and make choices with devastating consequences in a bitter struggle for survival and salvation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Roguelite 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #29 1453: Fall of Constantinople
78% 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 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #30 Silent Earth
79% 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: Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #31 XVTM
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #32 Parallels: Year One
77% 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 28.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Cute 8.5%
- #33 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
76% 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 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Text-Based 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
- #34 Shadows of Betrayal
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #35 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
75% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 8%
- #36 Mature Comedy Visual Novel
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: YUM STUDIOS
Windows
Experience a world filled with awful people - and you're one of them! You embark on a journey to get your awful catgirl girlfriend some illicit materials, intense and prolonged misery immediately ensues.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Text-Based 13.7%, Cute 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #37 Ecos de Luaré
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Treelight Atelier
Windows
A supernatural mystery visual novel where your choices shape relationships and determine the fate of a coastal town. Explore ancient secrets, unravel supernatural enigmas, and make decisions that lead to three distinct endings based on your choices across four intense days.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 15.9%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #38 貴方が狼カードデス!
74% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: toRipota
Windows
Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.9%, Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Cute 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #39 Curtain Call
74% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Dramatis Personae GamesPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
"Curtain Call" is a visual novel about (literally) breaking through social masks by forming meaningful connections with incredibly deep personalities. Whether you’re looking to make new friends or something more, there’s a whole cast of characters just dying to meet you!
Why similar: Time Management 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #40 朝凪高校生徒会 - 決断の記録
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ELISTA×STUDIO
Windows
As the student council president of Asanagi High School, you must decide how to respond to opinion forms submitted to the suggestion box in this school-themed choice-based adventure game. Your choices change how events unfold and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Text-Based 17.9%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #41 StarStruck
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Strawberrytail
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey through this highly engaging science fantasy visual novel with memorable characters and multiple endings. Journey through space, uncover the past and pull off a heist or two as you negotiate the pitfalls of friendship and a crumbling reality. Can you save the universe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Space 9%
- #42 summer story
72% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #43 目を閉じてプレイするゲーム「星の記す真実」
72% 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: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #44 Robot's Fate: Alice
71% 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 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #45 KONOSUBA - God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Love For These Clothes Of Desire!
70% matchVery Positive87% of 297 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 97.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
It's time for a Visual Novel Quest with a twist! Join Kazuma, a reincarnated adventurer, and spend turbulent days with his unfortunate party members. Prepare for waifus, dress-up and resource management and get ready for an Isekai comedy that’s out of this world!
Why similar: Time Management 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #46 Popular Kids
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peter Newing
Windows
Navigate school life, build friendships, survive rumours, and climb the social ladder through natural conversations with students who remember your choices. Every interaction shapes your reputation in this AI-powered social simulation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choices Matter 9%, 2D 6%
- #47 Serania - Path of the Scion
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #48 Arderico's Journey
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #49 The Meridian
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 11%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #50 スマートフォン
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Text-Based 20.7%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, 2D 5.4%
- #51 Into Oblivion
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Space 5.7%
- #52 Your Story: Games with Death
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #53 Five Biggest Accomplishments
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
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 29.9%, Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #54 201 - The Bad Number
68% matchPositive80% of 30 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: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #55 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
67% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #56 Secret Agent Allan Martin in ... Phoenix Erupting
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: SC Games
Windows
You are Allan Martin, an occasionally suave British superspy armed with a licence to cause an international incident. Can you survive international assassins? Can you stop an evil mastermind's nefarious plans? Can you avoid contracting an STD?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #57 Endless Monday: In Progress
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #58 Yogoe Hunter
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Justice
Windows
A choice-driven roguelike text adventure set in medieval Korea and Japan. Encounter 218 mythological creatures from East Asian folklore, shape your story across 94 endings, and grow stronger with each run in a deep, culturally rich world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Roguelite 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #59 The Farm of the Living
67% matchNo user reviews2026
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 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #60 Days With Ollie
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: PT. Global Digital ArthaPub: hololive Indonesia
Windows
The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Text-Based 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Cute 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%