- #1 AMEN: The Quiet Exodus
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AMENTEAM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 43.1% ★, Visual Novel 20.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Thriller 6.3%
- #2 Take Care Of It.
96% matchVery Positive98% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Zealli
Windows
Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, RPG 22.5%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Horror 8.8%
- #3 5omeday
96% matchVery Positive90% of 285 reviews2026
Dev: Indigo IngotsPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
You have been assigned to guard a dragon girl set to be executed at the end of 5 days and have the ability to kill her instantly at any time with the push of a button in this multi-ending visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 35.8% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Psychological 6.5%
- #4 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,298 reviews2015
Dev: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 163.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?
Why similar: Gothic 29.4% ★, Visual Novel 11.7%, Thriller 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #5 RUNT
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 31.7% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 6%
- #6 Soul Gambler
94% matchVery Positive87% of 2,721 reviews2014
Dev: Ilex GamesPub: Gamestorming
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Soul Gambler puts YOU in the role of Faust, an ordinary young man living in the present day whose DESTINY is about to be change forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.8%, RPG 17.9%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Point & Click 6.9%
- #7 Horrors of Helmsfirth
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, RPG 11.8%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #8 Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
92% matchVery Positive97% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Domus Aurea
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: Gothic 43.8% ★, Visual Novel 19%, RPG 14.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Mystery 7.2%
- #9 Humerous (REBOOT)
91% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Mimeface
Windows
After an awful time at a Halloween party, the night welcomes you with a deep cold breeze. With your car busted and unusable thanks to your drunk tennant, a single pavement awaits for your determined fate....
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, RPG 19.2%, Choices Matter 18%, Multiple Endings 12%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #10 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
91% matchVery Positive91% of 602 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Story Rich 8.6%, Anime 6.6%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #11 校园惊魂夜CampusShockNight
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JackSong Studio
Windows
This game is a psychological horror decryption game, where players need to use a series of props such as lighters, mobile phones, basketball, etc. to find key evidence from the game and piece together a complete storyline.
Why similar: Gothic 47.3% ★, RPG 23%, Psychological 10.3%, Thriller 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #12 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
89% matchVery Positive86% of 1,521 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, RPG 7.7%
- #13 KOEWOTAYORINI / 声之寄托
89% matchVery Positive86% of 982 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 257.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
“喂喂,求求你啦!救救我!” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救,给你打电话的人,是一名被监禁的少女
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, RPG 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Psychological 8.1%
- #14 The Last Winter Knight
86% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Gothic 44.1% ★, Visual Novel 18.7%, Point & Click 9%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Mystery 5.9%
- #15 Midnight Caravan
88% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Midnight Caravan, a richly illustrated choose-your-own-adventure with an unique narrative arc set in an age renowned for its shadiness, where nothing is only what it appears to be.
Why similar: Gothic 27% ★, Visual Novel 22.8%, RPG 22.6%, Gore 12.2%, Violent 11.3%
- #16 The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,803 reviews2018
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
"A Requiem for Innocence" is a companion to the visual novel "The House in Fata Morgana." It tells the tale of a young man dragged down by his ambitions and a girl both worshiped as a saint and maligned as a witch. For them, there is no happily ever after.
Why similar: Gothic 36.9% ★, Visual Novel 30.6%, Gore 11.4%, Violent 10.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #17 Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Gothic 33.5% ★, Visual Novel 18.6%, Point & Click 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #18 Raisond'etre
85% matchVery Positive94% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: C3 Games
Windows
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
Why similar: Gothic 52.5% ★, Visual Novel 27.4%, Violent 7.3%, Story Rich 6.5%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #19 匣中少女的第二次末日
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kwonovo
Windows · Mac
Infinite flow × mild horror × ensemble visual novel. Join this doomsday carnival together with the young girls
Why similar: RPG 28.8%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Thriller 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9%, Mystery 6.8%
- #20 Cage of Etha
84% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: ujumiru
Windows · Mac
A story-oriented visual novel set in historical France. Play as Emile, a lonesome boy whose past has caught up with him. Witness as the choices he makes continue on a downward spiral…
Why similar: Gothic 39% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, RPG 6.5%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #21 蜉蝣之国的囚徒
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 550 reviews2026
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, RPG 14.8%, Historical 13.7%, Thriller 11.2%, Gore 7.8%
- #22 Ubel
83% 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: Visual Novel 28.3%, Thriller 15.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Mystery 8%
- #23 Lost Hearts
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overfancy Hat Games LLC
Windows · Linux
A horror game inspired by the works of M.R. James. Explore Aswarby Hall to uncover your family’s secret history. Decide the fate of your ancestors by re-living each ghost’s last day on earth, with several endings for every story. Lift the family curse and save yourself… if you can.
Why similar: Gothic 35.7% ★, Visual Novel 23.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Horror 10.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #24 It Paints Me
81% matchVery Positive97% of 256 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 44.8% ★, Visual Novel 19.7%, Historical 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Horror 6.6%
- #25 Matchmaking for Ghosts
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adoraboo StudiosPub: Okasan’s Recipe
Windows
Matchmaking for Ghosts is an atmospheric visual novel with horror elements and themes of love and loss, built around a unique multi-protagonist system that lets players experience the afterlife through the eyes of every ghost. Match ghosts together for love, or for chaos. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Gothic 47.9% ★, Visual Novel 20.4%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Horror 6.4%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #26 Saint Kotar
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 283 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Gothic 23.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Point & Click 10%
- #27 Deep Inside: Amore sola mi fa remirare
79% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: banyalaplace
Windows
An old fashioned RPG Horror Game. Venture into the mansion, investigate the truth behind the fire. The deeper you delve into the mistery, the more choices you will have when everything will unravel.
Why similar: RPG 24.2%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological 10.5%
- #28 Up or Down?
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eye Blink Twice
Windows
Listen up, bellhop! Only bring in healthy hotel guests up to the chopper. Avoid all sick or else...
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Horror 10.5%, Story Rich 9.3%, Psychological 8.7%
- #29 Asphodelium
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
You killed him once before. Don't make the same mistake twice. A melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults and your past confronting you.
Why similar: Gothic 44% ★, Visual Novel 17.4%, Historical 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #30 • Dread Chess ✣
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: • NullTalePub: • NullTale Scape
Windows
✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...
Why similar: Gothic 33% ★, Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Psychological 7.9%
- #31 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
76% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Gothic 31% ★, Visual Novel 19.7%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Psychological 9.7%
- #32 My Lovely Wife
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 765 reviews2022
Dev: GameChanger StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators.
Why similar: Gothic 44.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #33 77 Oleander Avenue
77% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Runa Liore WintersPub: Waxweal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Even if you bear no Grudge, your Grudge was surely born. Explore the abandoned house at 77 Oleander, search for your wallet, keys, and phone, and above all else... try not to forget again the next time she tells you to leave.
Why similar: Gothic 43.2% ★, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Horror 7.4%
- #34 PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,254 reviews2026
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, RPG 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11%, Gore 9.3%, Point & Click 9.2%
- #35 The House in Fata Morgana
76% matchVery Positive95% of 6,347 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Gothic 40.6% ★, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 9%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #36 Argumentum ad culpam
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Tagetes Team
Windows · Linux
Argumentum ad culpam is a gothic visual novel about the world of eternal agony. A capricious dance of principles and death. Take part in twisted battles of wits, where morality is only a tool for survival, and decide what future that world will have.
Why similar: Gothic 41.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Psychological 9.8%
- #37 Happy Bones
75% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Frosted Fears Game Studios
Windows · Mac
After receiving a message from her father who has been missing for the last 4 years, Laura heads out to a house located inside a cult compound to search for her parents, and the truth.
Why similar: Gothic 33.5% ★, RPG 25.1%, Thriller 8.2%, Horror 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #38 Rock Paper Kill
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: ThighisenPub: BARGAIN BIN ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Windows
A psychological horror game about Rock Paper Scissors.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Point & Click 14.1%, Thriller 6.3%
- #39 Parliament of Hell 1796
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Perfect Crime Games
Windows
Parliament of Hell is a horror comedy adventure game set in 18th century England. Young gothic poet Matthew has been forced to serve in Government by his Father. He will get himself kicked out by any means necessary, even if he must call on the Devil himself…
Why similar: Gothic 35.9% ★, Time Management 16.6%, Historical 11.9%, Point & Click 10.6%, Choices Matter 6%
- #40 Kami: Parade of Senses
72% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Kostrum Games
Windows · Linux
Parade of Senses has begun, and you’ve become an unwilling participant. Make the most of it! Explore the Conscious Space, help the other poor souls trapped here, seek answers, betray, kill... or show mercy and protect.
Why similar: Gothic 31.4% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Point & Click 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #41 Unspoken Echoes
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Staplebird Studio
Windows
A gothic horror role-playing game with three playable protagonists thrust into a murder mystery. Explore an old manor. Interrogate suspects. Try not to go insane.
Why similar: Gothic 36.4% ★, Visual Novel 16.4%, RPG 11.1%, Point & Click 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #42 The Vellescian Gambit
74% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: Vellescian Games
Windows
Play the role of a merchant's apprentice in this 1600s-inspired realistic setting full with trading companies and business ploys. A short (2-3h) but replayable visual novel/RPG with logistics and trading aspects, brought to life with beautiful baroque paintings and classical music.
Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Time Management 22.4%, Historical 13.8%, Choices Matter 10%
- #43 平安果
72% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: MTA-TA
Windows
为了调查两宗案件相关嫌疑人,白小果只身来到了苹村,然而经过一些探索后却发现事件比想象中更加错综复杂,自己也在不知不觉中被犯人设计,陷入了精神迷幻中......你能否带她顺利完成任务归来呢?
Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.4%
- #44 Insects Awaken
70% matchVery Positive90% of 462 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
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: RPG 19.4%, Visual Novel 19%, Choices Matter 17%, Historical 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.2%
- #45 Luce Spenta
70% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: MrFaabry
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gothic psychological visual novel where you decide who deserves forgiveness… and who deserves condemnation. Explore the lives of five souls, confront unsettling truths, and make choices that will shape your ultimate fate. Every choice is a reflection. Every judgment carries a sentence.
Why similar: Gothic 38.9% ★, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Psychological 9.5%
- #46 Comet Isle, July 6
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: snowbloom
Windows
Experience the chaos of 50 visual novels running in parallel over a single day! Immerse yourself in the daily lives of the townsfolk, swap freely between each unique protagonist, and navigate a domino-web of storylines and consequences to save the island from its cometary fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, RPG 25.9%, Multiple Endings 17%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #47 Stories of a coup d'état: The Three Siblings
69% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: cjgamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Visual novel set in Chile, 1973. The military dictatorship rises up, and a family of siblings try to live their daily life, interrupted by the regime's activities. You will be cornered and forced to take tough decisions that will test your morality. Remember: Every decision will have consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, RPG 19.2%, Historical 13.4%, Point & Click 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #48 This Party Is Killer
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SweetTooth Tiger
Windows
On your one day off, you decide to take your partner Iris and their camera to a planning party for your friend Erik’s future thesis film. But the footage Erik wants to capture is more than you or Iris bargained for. Will you be able to protect your partner from what lies before you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Thriller 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Gore 10%, Violent 9.6%
- #49 The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,874 reviews2026
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
You awaken in the Forest of Silver Shallots, setting out to uncover the secret of the Morphean Paradox. Above, factions weave their schemes; below, the black mist hides a swelling undercurrent. Time never stands still, and truth wears many faces. Not everyone can return to their fate…
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Time Management 18.1%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Choices Matter 13.9%, RPG 11.3%
- #50 Carmilla : Crimson Moon
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fercaren Games
Windows · Mac
A dark yuri horror visual novel inspired by a classic gothic novella. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?
Why similar: Gothic 30.4% ★, Visual Novel 19.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Horror 7.1%
- #51 魔女低语时
69% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
这是一款悬疑推理类文字冒险AVG,玩家扮演一名初出茅庐的侦探王朝阳,进入迷雾重重的学园,和各位可爱的女性角色互动,以找出诡异案件的真相!
Why similar: RPG 32%, Visual Novel 28.9%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #52 Empyreal Dawn
68% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: blissful beryl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Empyreal Dawn is a Gothic Fantasy Adventure where you lead a party named Caeruleum. Accompanied by the Swordsmaiden Alice Starwell, undertake your first steps toward becoming legendary heroes! Featuring full voice acting, an original soundtrack, and more!
Why similar: Gothic 31.6% ★, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, RPG 9%
- #53 ArcaniA: Fall of Setarrif
71% matchMixed42% of 889 reviews2011
Dev: SpellboundPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Face the last challenge - determine destiny! A new threat casts its shadow over the Southern Isles. A mysterious demon, consumed by hatred, terrifies the population and pools his force against the coastal city of Setarrif. The dramatic situation exacerbates after a volcanic eruption in the mountains nearby.
Why similar: RPG 52.3%, Gothic 46.8% ★, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #54 Reminiscence
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Ambling Alpaca Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the winter of 210 AD, the renowned genius strategist Zhōu Yú died of illness. Qiáo Qīng, his widowed concubine, reminisces on their bittersweet relationship while going through the belongs in their bedroom. The player's choices affect her sentiment, which in turn affects how the game ends.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Historical 23.8%, RPG 16%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #55 Ghost Simulator
67% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is the story of a family living in a haunted house in New Hampshire. And you're the one haunting them.
Why similar: Gothic 68.7% ★, RPG 22%, Horror 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #56 Treis Zoes
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FlyingFantasy Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Treis Zoes is a visual novel where not only choice is important, but also the motive of choice. Explore the world of living skeletons on the experience of past travelers and add your own to the encyclopedia of the dimension of Death.
Why similar: Gothic 48.2% ★, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Violent 6.6%
- #57 ThroneBreaker
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Kingdoms Games
Windows
You play whose family was executed under the orders of a ruthless king Through years of cunning strategy and dangerous alliances, you lead a rebellion and seize the throne for yourself. But the crown is no sanctuary. Years later, just as you begin to rebuild the realm an assassin’s blade finds you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, RPG 26.4%, Multiple Endings 19.8%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Mystery 3.8%
- #58 CHAOS;CHILD
67% matchVery Positive93% of 3,949 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Gore 10.4%, Violent 9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Mystery 7.9%
- #59 Victorian Debutante
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Historical 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Gothic 13.2% ★