
Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Visual Novel, Text-Based, Singleplayer.

Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.

The Fifth Name
A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.

朝凪高校生徒会 - 決断の記録
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.
A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Adventure 16.2%, Thriller 12.5%, Dark 7.4%
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: Text-Based 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Adventure 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
A choice game where you face the choice and truth of survival. An unpredictable ending awaits.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Thriller 22.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
【A ghost girl, is here.】Terau Mare is a shy girl moves to Tokyo to go to university, and her new house, Hakusan-so, is like an abandoned. As soon as she enters the room, Mare meets a ghost girl, Furuzaki Yuika. Yuika says, "I'm going to kick you out of here soon." But...
Why similar: Text-Based 31.8%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Adventure 20.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, 2D 5.2%
An adventure game where you aim to escape a storied mansion with a mysterious girl named "Haru" who you meet there.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Thriller 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
Explore a deserted elementary school and escape from an alternate reality in this short adventure. Collect clues and experience changing endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.7%, Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Indie 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9%
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: Text-Based 27.6%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Adventure 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
Tomorrow Never Comes is a choice-driven first-person narrative thriller. Trapped in a time loop, Noah must relive the same day, manage his injuries, use items, unlock new paths, and discover multiple endings in his attempt to finally reach tomorrow.
Why similar: Thriller 23.8%, Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Adventure 10.3%
A man-eating monster wakes up, in a snowy night. He meets a mysterious girl willing to die. This omnibus novel game tells the story of the strange interaction between them.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.6%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
A multi-ending 2D adventure where choices and repetition change the characters’ fates as you overcome varied minigames, expose contradictions in debates, and uncover the truth behind a deadly game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Adventure 18%, Thriller 16.4%, Text-Based 15.2%, 2D 7.2%
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 13.6%, Thriller 12.1%, Text-Based 10.8%
Watercolors Sink Beneath the Surface is a nostalgic pixel-art point-and-click adventure set on Narumi Island, where only an abandoned high school stands. Years later, two girls return to complete a watercolor inspired by their school memories, gathering ideas from the remnants of the past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Adventure 18%, Text-Based 17.1%, Point & Click 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
When the past awakens, the future bleeds. A full length cinematic sci-fi mystery visual novel where augmented reality, history, AI technology and murder collide in the heart of Kyoto.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.6%, Visual Novel 28.9%, Adventure 20.9%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Explore a sealed classroom and work together with a mysterious girl to escape. As the story unfolds, it gradually begins to seep into reality.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.5%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, 2D 6.4%
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
Why similar: Text-Based 36.6%, Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Indie 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Text-Based 20.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Thriller 17.1%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
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 18.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
夜の世界で「星のかけら」を集める少女アイの ゆるくてかわいい街ブラノベルゲーム!
Why similar: Text-Based 32.7%, Adventure 23.4%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Indie 5%
A visual novel that depicts the trials of four young girls who committed crimes during their lifetimes and have since passed away.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Adventure 17.5%, Text-Based 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dark 8.6%
Be consumed by darkness and light in this humorous psychological thriller adventure!
Why similar: Thriller 31.1%, Adventure 26.9%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Indie 17.7%
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Adventure 22%, Text-Based 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, 2D 7.5%
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Text-Based 18.3%, Adventure 15.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11%
The first visual novel game of The Ancient Magus' Bride!
Why similar: Text-Based 29.2%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Adventure 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
The main character is looked down upon at her part-time job. Using a hypnotic object given to him by a college senior, we'll test the mother and daughter by making them do various naughty things.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.3%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Adventure 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
A real-life VTuber in a game! A multi-ending romance simulation game developed by a group of individual Vtubers.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.8%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Adventure 21%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, 2D 7.7%
《도깨비의 밤》은 한국 전래동화풍 세계관에서 펼쳐지는 호러 탈출 어드벤처 게임입니다. 당신은 알 수 없는 이유로 도깨비의 세계에 갇히게 됩니다. 어둠 속을 탐색하고, 곳곳에 숨겨진 단서와 아이템을 찾아 이 기묘한 밤에서 벗어나세요. 도깨비가 머무는 밤, 당신은 무사히 현실로 돌아갈 수 있을까요?
Why similar: Text-Based 32.8%, Point & Click 18.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Dark 11.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
Izumi, the demon girl you accidentally captured. A novel adventure game where you gradually connect hearts as you spend your days together with Izumi.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Adventure 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, 2D 8.2%
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.9%, Thriller 17.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Point & Click 10%, Adventure 8.4%
Have you heard the rumor? If you call a certain number at 1am, you will be connected to a person called the 1am operator. This person is said to be able to connect you to the past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Adventure 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Dark 12.8%, Indie 10.6%
"Humility" is a thriller visual novel. Immerse yourself in the fascinating story of a young Elma, who defies a cruel cult to save her beloved.
Why similar: Thriller 16.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Point & Click 9.5%, Dark 8.8%
You only have one week to befriend the one who lives on the other side of the screen. He’s waiting for you, remembers all your visits, and even notices how long you’re gone. Play mini-games, listen to his thoughts, and simply watch how the world around you changes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Adventure 26.8%, Dark 15.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, 2D 10%
"Sign White" is a text visual novel set in a fictionalized medieval era. Send letters from your pigeon house to communicate with people for a limited period of time. Make connections to save people, listen to their worries, and participate in important decisions to change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.9%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Adventure 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Indie 5.1%
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 32.9%, Visual Novel 22%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Adventure 8.3%
It is a multi-ending novel game depicting the fan of VTuber "Toaru" "Hinade-chan" and "I" go to an off-line meeting and finish the off-line meeting.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Text-Based 21.4%, Adventure 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%
A short visual novel about a stylish blonde-dyed part-timer who works the night shift.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.4%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Adventure 23.9%, 2D 9%, Story Rich 6.9%
An adventure exploring two distinct types of information: conversation and memory. A district two stations away from the city, a night district who exude a atmosphere of alluring “Just listen to their desires, then do whatever you like.” —Told ya?
Why similar: Text-Based 28.8%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Adventure 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Having lost the meaning of life, Shionagi meets Ayana, who suffers from a certain illness. “Kidnap me from this boring everyday life.” He wishes to die. A girl promised death. A bittersweet summer kidnapping drama where they confront each other's “lives.”
Why similar: Text-Based 32.3%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Adventure 25.6%, 2D 9.2%, Indie 5.4%
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: Text-Based 22.8%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Adventure 19.1%, Multiple Endings 12%, Dark 7.7%
An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Text-Based 20.5%, Adventure 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
Yours decisions matters, leading to multiple unique endings that reflect your influence on Iris’s fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.1%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Point & Click 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Multiple Endings 7%
Spend a week at your uncle’s house in this short visual novel.From time to time, a special “Pursue” button will appear, guiding the story toward one of two endings.Approx. 30 minutes playtimeTwo possible endingsRated R12[Features]The “Pursue” button cannot be skipped.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Text-Based 24%, Adventure 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, 2D 8%
A Japanese-style horror visual novel set in 1980s Japan. Five years after a mysterious disappearance, Yukari Kanzaki and Akane Kiryu enter the abandoned Mogami Mansion. Explore its hidden secrets, uncover its dark past, and face multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Adventure 11.7%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
“Hello, humans! Will you be my friend?” This is a point-and-click novel game about Aura, a slime girl who wants to become friends with humans. Aura is pure and innocent, and easily influenced by the emotions of the humans she meets...
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Adventure 19.2%, Point & Click 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Dark 8%
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Thriller 11%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
A man awoke by the lake with no memory. Guided by a pilgrim, he discovers he was once the sorcerer Merlin—and learns the truth about the "Saint" who sealed him away. A dark fantasy visual novel about unrequited love. Three endings await.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.5%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Adventure 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場! シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。
Why similar: Text-Based 31.8%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Adventure 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
-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: Text-Based 25.3%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Adventure 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
死後、白黒の世界に迷い込んだ「ぼく」は生前の記憶を取り戻す"旅"に出る。主人公の葬式から始まる、切なくて温かい成長譚。
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Adventure 21%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Dark 8%
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 30%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 7.8%
An Adventure Visual Novel where you can choose your protagonist – Play as Aiko or Hikaru as they try to uncover the secrets that lurk all around them in this character-driven story. Every choice you make will have an impact on the story.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.5%, Visual Novel 25%, Adventure 24.5%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Thriller 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9%, Dark 8.9%
A dramatic visual novel about the search for the meaning of life.
Why similar: Thriller 21.4%, Text-Based 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Dark 7.4%
A Virtual Text Message Escape Room Adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 47.7%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 20.8%
A psychological thriller where you assemble fragmented memories and hidden clues to uncover the truth behind a disturbing incident.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.3%, Thriller 22.6%, Point & Click 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Adventure 9.1%
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Thriller 15.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 33.1%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Adventure 15.5%, 2D 8.4%
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Point & Click 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%