- #1 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
97% 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 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 14%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #2 Yukiiro Sign
96% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Wonder FoolPub: Shiravune
Windows
A story of three girls and one season in the snowy town of Minamiouse.
Why similar: Emotional 19%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Comedy 12.3%, Drama 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.5%
- #3 Do 11
96% 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: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Conversation 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #4 The Trials of Ozymandias
95% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Emotional 11.1%
- #5 VIDEOVERSE
94% matchVery Positive96% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Narrative 19.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Emotional 11%, Drama 8.8%
- #6 A Lozenge
94% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Emotional 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 8.6%, Drama 8.1%
- #7 Guilt Free
93% matchVery Positive86% of 288 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: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Emotional 12.5%, Drama 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #8 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
92% matchVery Positive91% of 132 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Narrative 16.6% ★, Emotional 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Drama 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #9 Vida
91% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: YEON 연
Windows · Linux
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 13%, Conversation 10.4%, Emotional 7.1%
- #10 Whispering Memories
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Conversation 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #11 Kamilia
90% matchNo user reviews
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: Emotional 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Conversation 10%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #12 10mg: Stroke
89% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Bluish-Green ProductionsPub: Bluish-Green Games Inc.
Windows
The memory of a medical emergency crafted into an Interactive Fiction. How will you act when someone you love is in the middle of a medical emergency and all you can do is wait?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Drama 16.9%, Narrative 13.5% ★, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #13 All (Too) Good Things
88% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 12.2%, Conversation 10.9%
- #14 Venus: Improbable Dream
89% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Borealis
Windows · Mac
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
Why similar: Emotional 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Drama 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #15 The Wreck
87% matchVery Positive89% of 273 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: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Emotional 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Drama 9.6%, Conversation 9.6%
- #16 Penrose
86% matchPositive88% of 32 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 17.2%, Drama 15.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Emotional 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #17 Coffee Talk Tokyo
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Narrative 17.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Conversation 11.1%, Emotional 10.8%
- #18 Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
84% matchVery Positive88% of 989 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 118.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
Why similar: Emotional 18.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #19 Mirrorandum
85% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Mirrorandum is not just a visual novel...it's a journey through a world of mirrors, where every reflection challenges your perception and every choice reveals the depths of your true self.
Why similar: Emotional 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #20 This Warm Place
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wundev
Windows
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Emotional 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Conversation 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Drama 9.4%
- #21 Into the Waves
84% matchVery Positive92% of 88 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: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Drama 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #22 Missing Stars
82% matchPositive96% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: Somnova Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Missing Stars is a visual novel that aims to depict mental disorders and the people who live with them in a realistic, but sensitive and respectful light.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Emotional 14.6%, Drama 12%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #23 Silent Trip: Until We Meet
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOGIC - Bawang Studio
Windows
A story-rich interactive fiction about two people who find comfort in each other, and the quiet things they never say out loud.
Why similar: Emotional 14.3%, Drama 13.5%, Narrative 11.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
- #24 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,622 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Conversation 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Emotional 10.7%, Drama 9.1%
- #25 The Lyra Signal
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: ESTREA
Windows
The Lyra Signal is a story-driven visual novel focused on narrative and atmosphere. Experience a linear, choice-light journey as you uncover fragments of a personal mystery through dialogue, visuals, and music.
Why similar: Narrative 17.4% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, Emotional 14.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #26 The Last Poem
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nekoday
Windows
1999年,千年世纪之交……再一次,并非恋爱的邂逅。 由原班人马带来的《泡沫冬景》正统续作,再次向视觉小说表现力的极限发起挑战。
Why similar: 1990's 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Drama 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #27 Cocktail Magic
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seiransoft GamesPub: MediBang Games
Windows
A human drama novel game set in a bar with the theme of "companion". Enjoy the "Speak Easy" atmosphere that mixes the liveliness of a bar with the stylishness of a bar.
Why similar: Emotional 17.6%, Drama 15.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Conversation 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #28 The 257th Element
79% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: REAL co.Ltd
Windows · Linux
In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Drama 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Comedy 11.5%, Conversation 11.1%
- #29 Pitchforks and Daggers
78% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Idan Sheinkman
Windows · Linux
How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Conversation 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #30 ONE.
78% matchVery Positive80% of 366 reviews2023
Dev: novamicusPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The pioneering nakige that made a generation cry... Legendary '90s visual novel ONE. is back and better than ever with updated art, animations, and features!
Why similar: 1990's 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Emotional 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Comedy 8%
- #31 Until Then
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,382 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Emotional 20%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Drama 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #32 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Drama 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #33 Yuika My Bestie
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: Emotional 14.8%, Conversation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #34 牛头镇的快乐故事
76% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 迷妹工作室
Windows
This is a realistic visual game (AVG). 10-year-old Wang Nan plans to go to the provincial capital during the summer vacation, but many incredible things suddenly happen in the town, and many of them are related to him... So where should he go?
Why similar: Drama 19.1%, 1990's 19%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Conversation 7.6%
- #35 Drunk But Not Wasted Knight
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
A tipsy tale of questionable choices, suspiciously charming strangers, and conversations that unravel faster than your sobriety. What begins as a harmless chat in the alley might end with truffle mushrooms, a missing crown, or waking up in someone else’s dungeon. You’ve been warned.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Conversation 11.5%, Comedy 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Drama 10.1%
- #36 Room 337
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Wander liminal spaces where fragments of your past call you forward. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Narrative 15.3% ★, Emotional 14.8%, Text-Based 10.2%, Drama 9.9%
- #37 NOAH: 2050
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Team NOAH
Windows
『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Conversation 11.7%, Drama 10.8%
- #38 The Tiny World
72% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Remus
Windows
The Tiny World is a drama visual novel. A New Year's story about a long separation from home, family, friends, and tears freezing in the cold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Drama 16.7%, Emotional 10.4%, Text-Based 6.9%
- #39 Memories Off Sousou Break out of my shell
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
メモリーズオフシリーズ最新作のアフターストーリー 主人公「久寿米木一葵」と登場ヒロインたちの「その後」を楽しんでいただけます。 ビジュアルノベル形式のゲームスタイルで選択肢を選びながらストーリーが進行します。 それぞれの道を歩み始めたヒロインたち。 それぞれの未来を大切な「あなた」と一緒につかむため、 それぞれの想いが、今はじける……!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Emotional 11.5%, Drama 11.4%
- #40 Gap Year
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mythical Voltage
Windows
Gap Year is a story-focused point & click adventure played through comic book panels that reconfigure as you explore Vera Novak’s one-bedroom apartment. Vera is a bright young scientist, but the arrival of an unexpected guest and a strange fixation with a cosmonaut may derail her academic pursuits.
Why similar: Narrative 18.4% ★, 1990's 15.2%, Drama 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #41 Cryspace
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: JIMMY DIAMOND
Windows
Cryspace is a fresh visual novel with a nostalgic flavor. Talk to your friends online, meet with them in-person, and allow your friend group to grow in numbers, or fall into despair through your own decision-making and discretion. Experience the first few dates with Sam for FREE.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 12.8%, Drama 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #42 随风而逝 Story About Times
75% matchVery Positive81% of 83 reviews2020
Dev: cdhy interactive
Windows
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone. The moment when you turn back, don't forget the place where came from!
Why similar: Narrative 21.2% ★, Emotional 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Drama 12.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #43 あなたに花束を
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abyss good games
Windows
“Flowers for You” is a gentle adventure game where you create custom bouquets based on each customer’s story as a florist. Set in modern Japan, listen to faded memories and craft floral arrangements that bring color back into their lives.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Emotional 13.6%, Conversation 12.8%, Drama 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #44 終わりの鐘が鳴る前に Chapter3
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Cynical Honey
Windows
「これは何を手にするために、何かを失う物語」 季節は変わり冬になる。死神の条件のために主人公、長谷部涼平は菅野雪乃への恋心を自覚するが、彼女の親友に想いを寄せられてしまい、今度は三角関係の当事者になってしまった。自分の未来を掴むためにも菅野雪乃との両思いを目指すことになるが…。青春群像劇ビジュアルドラマ三部作の最終章が遂に開幕!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Drama 13.8%, Text-Based 13.3%, Emotional 13%
- #45 Pulse of Love
72% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: SweetDreams
Windows
"Pulse of Love" is a captivating visual novel set in the vibrant world of the Korean K-pop scene drama. Experience the exhilarating journey of love, passion, and self-discovery as you navigate the highs and lows of fame.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Emotional 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #46 Arderico's Journey
71% 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: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Drama 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #47 CHERI BLANC : Mystery Shelter
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STUDIO WILLS
Windows
9 kids who wake up in a mysterious shelter with lost memory. Investigate the signs of intruders and murders and discuss them with your colleagues to move towards the truth! Listen to everyone's statements and use your counter-arguments to uncover the truth behind someone's lies!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Emotional 10.3%, Drama 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #48 High Elo Girls
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Split Fate Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
High Elo Girls is a Visual Novel set in the esports scene where you play as the latest recruit for a new all-girls team. Can you help your squad achieve their true potential, or will you only squander your own?
Why similar: Narrative 16.2% ★, Emotional 12.5%, Drama 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #49 Cascade Falls
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Paranormal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Drama 7.8%, Emotional 7.5%
- #50 Ashes
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Drama 12.5%, Emotional 11.8%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #51 Heart of mobius
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: gunsturn Inc.
Windows · Mac
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
Why similar: Emotional 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 14.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #52 Tails Noir Preludes
68% matchVery Positive92% of 297 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Conversation 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Emotional 13.8%, Narrative 11.6% ★
- #53 Spring in Summer
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fantasync
Windows · Mac
A storytelling sandbox adventure driven by your own personality about helping a jackalope ghost who cannot move on. Explore a mystical island inhabited by quirky mythical creatures, connect with the hearts of its community, & discover one’s heart fulfillment in your own heartwarming personal journey
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Conversation 13.2%, Emotional 13%, Drama 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #54 Sunset Drive
66% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Klapanom Games
Windows
Relaxing, emotional, and short, Sunset Drive is created for quiet gaming sessions. Embark on a narrative road trip where two companions share talks, silences, and choices under fading light. Piece together unspoken emotions via atmospheric detours leading to multiple endings and discover anew.
Why similar: Narrative 19.8% ★, Emotional 18.9%, Conversation 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Drama 9.5%
- #55 Pasajeros
69% 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: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Conversation 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Emotional 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #56 Lost Connections
67% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Amber Pearl
Windows
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: Emotional 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #57 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Text-Based 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Drama 12.1%
- #58 Sweet Girl Gurumelo
67% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Hamokalt
Windows
Amanita is feeling down lately. She lost her best friend and she can't do anything about it. Could you listen to her story, and maybe help her out?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Drama 18.6%, Emotional 17.9%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #59 There Is No Next Stop
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Conversation 12%, Drama 11.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #60 Princess Evangile All Ages Version
69% matchVery Positive90% of 234 reviews2015
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.5%, Emotional 11.6%, Drama 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%