60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Choose Your Own Adventure, Choices Matter, Historical.
You play as pharaoh Horem during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. You have to balance your work and home life as the living embodiment of a god, how hard could it be? What is right and wrong? Can there be an allowance for a lapse in judgment? Can you forge a path to getting to sleep peacefully each night?
Travel to Poland in 1772, experience life as a servant, and solve a mystery at court!
Why similar: Historical 40.3%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 30.9%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Education 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Historical 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%
On 2 August 1980 Bologna is the victim of a neo-fascist attack. Bologna 020880 is a visual novel created to commemorate the victims of the massacre and keep the memory of those terrible facts alive.
Why similar: Historical 34.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Investigation 16%, Education 15.1%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Historical 20.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Historical 24.1%, Investigation 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Investigation 23.7%, Historical 20.8%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Detective 7.3%
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%
いじめの犯人探しに抜擢された主人公。 彼が描く推理、その結末は必ずしも正しいとは限らない。 あなたが選んだ結末次第で、 誰かを苦しめるのかもしれない……
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Investigation 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Detective 7.2%
Please note: This game does not support English at current stage. 《小厨杂记》是一款融合了烹饪元素的视觉小说，通过为食客端上不同的菜肴与食客对话，并最终达成不同的结局。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Historical 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%
Step into a small town society of the 1820s in this historically accurate visual novel, filled with drama, dresses and danger.
Why similar: Historical 30.2%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Simulation 8.2%
Know your neighbors. Find the truth. Betray them. Experience the nightmare of the Salem Witch Trials in this horror story based on true events.
Why similar: Historical 34.7%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Drama 7.9%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Investigation 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Detective 8.3%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 26.7%, Investigation 22.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Detective 6.2%
A short visual novel with quizzes to help you dip your toes into the world of startups.
Why similar: Historical 27%, Visual Novel 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Set against real historical backdrop, this work unfolds bloody political intrigues. navigating between the tyrant’s tyranny and relatives’ conspiracies. Every choice shapes the dynasty’s fate and witnesses the darkest court legends of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Why similar: Historical 40.9%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, 2D 8%, Story Rich 5.7%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Historical 24.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Detective 10.4%, Drama 6.4%
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Investigation 25.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Investigation 25.4%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Simulation 9.4%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: Historical 18.7%, Investigation 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Smuggle banned books to save the Nation! Make tough choices, manage resources, and decipher secret messages in this narrative adventure based on true events. Help preserve a forbidden language - one dangerous mission at a time.
Why similar: Historical 23.8%, Investigation 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Limited time, clear reasoning! A mystery game to find out the truth about the murder of a university professor.
Why similar: Investigation 27.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Simulation 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
Leo Pujols is just a wholesome man with a simple calling: open up a butt tattoo parlor. The historic town of Las Nalgas will never be the same. In this visual novel, your choices decide the fate of Leo and Las Nalgas. Also, you draw tattoos on butt cheeks.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Funny 10.7%
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Investigation 23.9%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
A real journey into the depths of yourself, an atmospheric immersion in the night city, soaked with rain, melancholy and the mysterious whispering of destinies. You are not just a reader, but the creator of your own story, a composer whose decisions are the chords that form the unique melody of fate
Why similar: Investigation 27.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Simulation 7.1%
Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is an engaging strategy-based, multi-route historical visual novel. It is designed by a team of four undergraduate students associated with University of Texas, Austin's Japan Lab and Epoch Games Initiative.
Why similar: Historical 19.6%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Education 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Hand-drawn 13.5%
Poisoned Path is a deep visual novel set in a mysterious atmosphere, where your choices determine the story's fate. Uncover dark secrets and chart your own course.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Hand-drawn 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Investigation 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
After an accident, Renji was reborn in another world as a "shapeshifter," a demon that can transform at will. He was reborn in a dungeon inhabited by demons… Using new demon powers, a thrilling and exciting life in the mischief dungeon begins…!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Brás Cubas is dead, and he wants you to find out why. Explore a noir-drenched 1937 Rio de Janeiro in this time-loop murder mystery. Relive the same day, manipulate characters, and uncover secrets in a game where death is the client and time is your only weapon.
Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Historical 19.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Detective 7.8%
Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro (or Theodore the Recruit) lived in the early 300s. This Synaxarion will step through his story as it is known today.
Why similar: Historical 44.4%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Education 15%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Story Rich 5.6%
You play as Olivia Sasaki, a new student who moved to Japan all the way from America. Meet new friends and search for lost things, you might just end up finding yourself along the way!
Why similar: Investigation 29.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Strategy 7.1%
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Historical 26.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Historical 26.7%, Investigation 23.5%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Choices Matter 6.2%
Yakuza Cats is a graphic adventure set in a 100% feline Tokyo. This original world mixes Ukiyo-e art with Gen Z aesthetics. It is a coming of age story that puts the player through different ethical choices while tackling themes such as identity and prejudice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Investigation 22.8%, Hand-drawn 21.2%, 2D 7.4%, Drama 7.1%
Embark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft, uncover hidden secrets, and rescue a village lost to the shadows in this magical detective visual novel. Oh, and never forget your cat - he might save you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Investigation 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Detective 9.2%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Investigation 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%
時は大正時代―― 主人公は銀座のカフェーで女給として働いてた。 ある日、いつも通りの出勤をすると店長にとんでもないお願いをされる…… 『美男子を紹介してくれないか！』 突然のお願いに戸惑う主人公だったが、お店のためにと引き受けることに。 しかし、思い当たるような知り合いはいない。 そこで頭に浮かんだのは常連の６人……。 彼らの誰かにお願いできないか……と考えた主人公は、彼らに声掛けをしようとするのだが――
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Historical 23%, Simulation 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, 2D 5.4%
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Historical 29.1%, Visual Novel 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
"Hold on!" A court battle game set in ancient China's Song Dynasty! In the government office of Lin'an County during the Song Dynasty of ancient China, many bizarre murder cases occurred! The protagonist engages in intense court battles with the county captain of Lin'an to find the real culprit!
Why similar: Historical 25.5%, Investigation 24.2%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Detective 10.1%, Drama 6.6%
Become friends or foes with the three most notorious criminals at your school as you help them transform into pop idols and compete in a nearby contest! A short, quick game with six possible endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Simulation 19.3%, Hand-drawn 13%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Life is easier when you're a small creature on a farm. Everything is decided for you, and your fate is written out until the very end. Sounds like a fairy tale... or maybe a nightmare? Enjoy the peaceful times. You'll never leave it, because you're safe here... Or are you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Investigation 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Detective 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Investigation 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
In 1920s Gyeongseong, the pen is mightier than the sword, but your hand is trembling. As an editor-in-chief, arrange articles, dodge censorship, and manipulate public opinion. Will you wake the people with the truth or yield to survive? Your editorial choices will rewrite history.
Why similar: Historical 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Education 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
A deep and immersive narrative puzzle game.
Why similar: Investigation 54%, Visual Novel 32%, 2D 7.5%, Story Rich 6.5%
Comical visual novel: Run as Melos to save your friend from execution! Solve mysteries, reminisce, and conquer dance, puzzle, and rock-paper-scissors mini-games with smart choices.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.8%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Historical 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Funny 6.1%
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Investigation 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Detective 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
The year is 1882, and Queen Victoria and the British Empire is at the height of its power. Sadly House Blakely, one of Britain’s oldest noble families, does not share in the Empire’s good fortunes. It has fallen to you, as the eldest son, to restore it to it to its past glory.
Why similar: Historical 22.5%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Investigation 19.4%, Hand-drawn 11%, Choices Matter 6.7%
A visual novel about detective William Beckett, investigating the case of a servant uprising in the ducal house of "Gentry." Together with intern Michelle Rouge, William must delve deep into the country's political life to uncover the secrets. Gather evidence, take notes, and analyze the information
Why similar: Historical 24.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%
The thrilling final installment of Dark One!'s hit visual novel series! Hapless protagonist Yamada is once again at the mercy of the tender depredations of the world's worst staff of nurses... and this time, it's up close and personal with the ruthless Head Nurse who dominates all the rest!
Why similar: Investigation 28.6%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Choices Matter 6.6%
Skin Tailor is a medieval horror dress up game and visual novel hybrid. Skin your supernatural enemies, create disguises and infiltrate vampire owned blood farms to rescue your comrades.
Why similar: Historical 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Simulation 9%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Investigation 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
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: Historical 31%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Multiple Endings 10%, Drama 8.8%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
The second retro-style travel mystery adventure! This game is a suspense command ADV set in Akita's Oga region in Japan.The character designer is a manga artist Kiyokazu Arai, following his previous work "Iseshima Mystery Annai".
Why similar: Investigation 36.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Detective 10.1%, 2D 6.2%
A singleplayer, story game where you can make decisions and read your way through history.
Why similar: Historical 25.3%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.9%
Identical in looks, height, and figure yet polar opposites in heart, twin sisters pull me into a dilemma: pursue the high-school first love I’ve longed for, or the coworker twin who openly longs for me? A sweet, bittersweet tale of tangled affection.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Simulation 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Drama 11.3%, 2D 8%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Investigation 24.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 10%, Simulation 8.9%
