- #1 Cold Verdict 2
97% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows
A direct sequel to 'Cold Verdict'. Another group of people wake up in a strange abandoned location, trying to find a way out and understand why they were put there. What is the killer's endgame in all this? A short interactive story with choices.
Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Psychological 13.9%, Crime 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #2 Cold Verdict
96% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows · Linux
Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
Why similar: Thriller 19.2%, Psychological 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #3 Loretta
96% matchVery Positive93% of 421 reviews2023
Dev: BonereadersPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Thriller 17.2%, Psychological 15%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Crime 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #4 Special Request: Chapter 1
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: Nemiegs
Windows · Mac
Power, control, and corruption shape every decision. After one impulsive mistake, Laura becomes entangled with a man who can erase problems — but every choice pulls her deeper.
Why similar: Thriller 17.6%, Psychological 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #5 POPULARITY CONTEST
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Thriller 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #6 Corridors of Their Memories
94% matchPositive85% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Thriller 19.5%, Detective 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #7 悪人悪華 - AKUNIN-AKKA -
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: moutardelog
Windows
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Crime 16.8%, Psychological 16.2%, Thriller 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Detective 12.2%
- #8 夜明けの影法師
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Neet Games
Windows
雪山ペンションで起こる殺人事件を阻止するため、 聞き込みとパソコンで情報整理するマルチエンドミステリーADV『夜明けの影法師』!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological 12.6%, Choices Matter 10%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #9 Shadows of Betrayal
91% 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: Visual Novel 24%, Thriller 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #10 피랍 일지 - 그 남자로부터의 탈출
91% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
어떻게든 돌아갈 거야. 가족이 기다리고 있는 집으로.
Why similar: Thriller 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological 13.4%, Crime 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #11 Time Crack
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MelTheMelPub: Nightfall Narratives
Windows
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Thriller 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological 16.4%, Crime 13.3%, Choices Matter 11%
- #12 The Wreck
89% matchVery Positive89% of 279 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Psychological 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #13 破禁 Limbo Break
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xiaowanxiongzzz
Windows · Mac · Linux
A general-audience infinite flow ADV. You will play as Jiang Yuejiao. After being framed and forced to flee to the neighboring country of Dipa, you are drawn into various terrifying worlds, Only by uncovering the hidden truths within these places might you find a way back to the real world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Thriller 15.1%, Detective 14.3%, Psychological 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #14 집착의 망자 - 집으로부터의 탈출
87% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
만약 당신의 집 안에 당신의 생명을 노리는 괴한이 들어온다면?
Why similar: Thriller 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological 15.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #15 STAY
88% matchMixed68% of 567 reviews2018
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
Why similar: Thriller 22.9%, Psychological 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #16 Twin Mirror
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,651 reviews2021
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Why similar: Psychological 21.6%, Crime 14.2%, Detective 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #17 Blake: The Visual Novel
86% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Thriller 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Detective 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Crime 10.2%
- #18 The Unclosed Case
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CazimG
Windows
Truth is not singular. Gather the evidence, build your own scenario, and experience the outcome.
Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Thriller 17.6%, Detective 14.5%, Crime 14.2%, Choices Matter 10%
- #19 The Apple Tree
84% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Psychological 21.9%, Thriller 21%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Detective 15.2%, Female Protagonist 5.4%
- #20 REARVIEW MIRROR
83% matchPositive85% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: CUBUS GAMES SL
Windows · Mac
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Thriller 20.7%, Psychological 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Crime 8.1%
- #21 슬픈 가족사 - 산장으로부터의 탈출
84% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Psychological 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Thriller 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #22 Devi : A light in the dark
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Thriller 20.6%, Crime 15.8%, Detective 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #23 Neve
80% matchVery Positive100% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Thriller 19.9%, Psychological 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #24 Fragments
82% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: codapill
Windows · Mac
Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Psychological 22.2%, Thriller 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #25 My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life
81% matchVery Positive81% of 903 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions have to be made. Or meaningful, to such an extent, that there is nothing left once they are made.
Why similar: Psychological 35.5%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Choices Matter 21%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Atmospheric 3.5%
- #26 Holy Shift
79% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Thriller 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #27 Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale
81% matchPositive88% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: Binary Charm
Windows
Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years. Now, she’s forced to disappear, facing threats from a killer... one of those people she helped in the past. An interactive short story featuring an advanced navigation UI.
Why similar: Thriller 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Crime 14.7%, Psychological 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #28 Jessica's Choices - Forced [Episode 1]
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoAdventures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your story continues right where Origins left off. Whether Jessica finds herself wandering the streets alone, caught in George’s web of deceit, or trapped in the unsettling confines of Margaret Thatuals under Professor Trounch’s watchful gaze and the orderlies, every choice matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Psychological 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #29 Mutual Harrow
78% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Psychological 23.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Thriller 17.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #30 泥舟と罪人
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NONALCOHOL.
Windows · Mac
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Psychological 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Detective 14.2%, Crime 14%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #31 Rainswept
78% matchVery Positive87% of 302 reviews2019
Dev: Frostwood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
Why similar: Crime 18.2%, Thriller 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Detective 13.7%, Psychological 11.8%
- #32 trophies
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gg8473
Windows · Mac
TROPHIES is a kinetic visual novel of a young girl trying to escape to normality. Experience an endless tomorrow in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Psychological 28.7%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Thriller 21.8%, Female Protagonist 15%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #33 Under the Table
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
An office-based shrinking horror adventure in visual novel format! Explore a workplace packed with man-eating coworkers as you try to survive being tiny...
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Thriller 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #34 Kayotica
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kicksoft Studio
Windows
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Crime 17.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological 13.3%, Detective 11.1%, Thriller 10.1%
- #35 SHEROK's Case ;Recollection
74% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Gamitive Of MiyaPub: GAMITIVE
Windows
A branching detective mystery. Evidence never lies. But your interpretation might. Your choices shape the truth— and what you uncover may reflect yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Detective 12.9%, Thriller 12%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #36 Virginia
77% matchMixed64% of 3,360 reviews2016
Dev: Variable StatePub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
Why similar: Thriller 17.8%, Psychological 14.7%, Detective 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #37 The Gallery
75% matchMixed69% of 169 reviews2022
Dev: PRM Games
Windows · Mac
An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).
Why similar: Psychological 18.2%, Detective 12.4%, Thriller 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #38 Pentimento
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Thriller 15.9%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #39 BURN
73% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Convict Games
Windows
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #40 Ubel
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Thriller 29.6%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Psychological 14%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #41 Nocturnal Visitors: Book One
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Miguel H. DeathPub: Judatone Studios
Windows
Discover a world where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Crime 15.8%, Thriller 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological 12.1%
- #42 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
71% 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: Visual Novel 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Crime 13.7%, Detective 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #43 Morse Academy
71% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
Why similar: Thriller 25.6%, Psychological 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #44 Would you sell your soul
72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: COMINO Inc.
Windows
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Thriller 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Crime 15%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #45 NO, THANK YOU!!!
73% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2018
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
NO, THANK YOU!!! is a dark, dramatic mystery hidden behind a comic veneer as all of the men in this yaoi visual novel harbor their own secrets. Uncover the mystery behind the protagonist and this bar disguising a detective agency while flirting with the guys and growing intimate with them.
Why similar: Thriller 18.4%, Psychological 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Crime 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #46 Forest of Death Masks
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 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: Visual Novel 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Psychological 16%, Detective 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #47 Profiler Files - New Orleans
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Land Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative adventure blending point-and-click and visual novel elements. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans, investigate crime scenes, profile suspects, and make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Thriller 16.4%, Psychological 14.5%, Crime 14.5%, Detective 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #48 Realization
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Agaze Productions
Windows
A self-staged arson at a sales center drags you into the murder case of a female sales agent. With both your career and life in shambles, you must find a way to clear your name. The path to the truth is fraught with danger. Can you rise from this abyss and reclaim the reality you once envisioned?
Why similar: Thriller 23.7%, Crime 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Detective 10.7%, Female Protagonist 7.6%
- #49 rest: in a dark room
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: regular glove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two misanthropic teenagers attempt to be reborn through the world of sensory deprivation. A visual novel full of death, drugs, and dolphins.
Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Thriller 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #50 Lost/Secret A
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: uehara create
Windows
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Psychological 18.5%, Crime 16.9%, Thriller 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #51 Raining City: Millions Recollections
67% matchVery Positive86% of 296 reviews2025
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 昆布科技
Windows
One night, Lyu Xuan woke up soaked in blood, a mysterious black hole in the palm of her hand, and millions pouring out of that hole, like an unstoppable fountain of wealth. Still in shock, She has to evade the monsters that rushed to her and her new riches. A strange story begins in a gloomy city…
Why similar: Thriller 19.2%, Crime 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Detective 10.4%
- #52 Saint Kotar
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 280 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Detective 13.7%, Thriller 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #53 BURIED STARS
69% matchVery Positive84% of 2,174 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Thriller 20.2%, Psychological 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #54 Miracle Detective
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TAKA's factory
Windows · Mac
A high school detective story where an unlikely duo tackles mysterious incidents on campus. Solve strange cases with logic and courage in this suspenseful visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Thriller 21.7%, Psychological 18.9%, Detective 18.5%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #55 UNCULT
68% matchMostly Negative29% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: STUDIO EORARI
Windows
'UNCULT' is a Adventure where the protagonist, the daughter of a cult leader, suffers from amnesia after an accident in a fanatical pseudo-religious group. Now, she must piece together her obscured past, facing numerous challenges and uncovering the truth. Your decisions will shape her destiny.
Why similar: Thriller 23.2%, Crime 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #56 Echoes of Pinebridge
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Thriller 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #57 CHILDREN OF HELL
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stanwixbuster
Windows
Team Z.A.C.K. are immortal, and the government tells them to kill demons. A visual novel where everything hinges on when, or even if, you make a choice.
Why similar: Thriller 22%, Psychological 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #58 Night in Delirium
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grupo Trenza
Windows · Mac · Linux
A series of murders puts a town in Chile on alert, and the police are unable to identify the perpetrator and his strange messages. Meanwhile, Nicolas, the young owner of Bar Delirio, suspects that the culprit is hiding among his frequent customers.
Why similar: Thriller 24%, Psychological 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #59 Deadly Obsession
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oni Okami Studios
Windows · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel where you’re kidnapped by an obsessed captor—your choices determine whether you escape or fall into his twisted love.
Why similar: Psychological 24.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Thriller 19.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #60 A Totally Normal Love Story
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Something Hippo
Windows · Mac
Made for people who love Hallmark movies — and people who love to hate them. A totally normal love story in a perfectly ordinary small town, where nothing weird ever happens…or so you’re told.
Why similar: Thriller 31.6%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.2%