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  1. #1 The Peresmeshnik
    97% matchVery Positive93% of 108 reviews2020
    Dev: Sean Arnold
    Windows

    It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Horror 7.1%, Choices Matter 6.7%

  2. #2 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
    96% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2023
    Dev: CousinCatnip
    Windows

    Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?

    Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Surreal 9.5%

  3. #3 Earth's Center of Gravity
    96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
    Dev: Beşinci Kural A.Ş.
    Windows · Linux

    Earth's Center of Gravity is a mystic horror visual novel with multiple endings. The story revolves around Tower Antiques. "No one remembers how long Tower Antiques was there. But it remembers everyone. Even the ones who did not visit it yet." Tower Antiques is waiting for you to write your story.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Thriller 10.1%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Surreal 9.6%

  4. #4 Remnants of Dawn
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Fiendish Fiction
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Investigation 10.6%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Thriller 9.7%

  5. #5 Contra Spem Spero
    94% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
    Dev: DADZINGO
    Windows · Linux

    Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

  6. #6 Brood Year
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wurm Fud
    Windows

    Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Investigation 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

  7. #7 Be Honest
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
    Windows

    The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

  8. #8 Creepy Support
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Squirrel Melting
    Windows

    Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)

    Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Investigation 16.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Horror 9.3%

  9. #9 Mass of Consumption
    91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
    Windows

    The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

  10. #10 Nothing To Remember
    91% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2021
    Dev: Guts United
    Windows

    Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?

    Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Investigation 13.6%, Thriller 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%

  11. #11 阴桃花 (The Flowers of Yin)
    90% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2022
    Dev: SnowyYANGPub: 逐夏
    Windows

    幻想若非幻想 自然可超自然 伴我梦中桃花 懒识人间滋味

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

  12. #12 Transmission in Progress…
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Infinicats
    Windows

    Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.

    Why similar: Time Management 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Text-Based 10.1%

  13. #13 Haunting of the Evil Spirit - Horror Choose your own adventure Novel
    89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
    Dev: Amin Adukov
    Windows

    Cursed Choices and ConsequencesHorror Visual Novel Set in a haunted house, with multiple puzzles, paths, and endings.And great atmospheric music.Choices are forgiving and let you go back without replaying big chunks of the game.Reads like a book.Approximately 3 hours of content.

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Horror 8.6%

  14. #14 Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology
    88% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: NEWB GAMES, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.

    Why similar: Text-Based 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%

  15. #15 Sterile Childhood: Case 17
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IterativeBrain
    Windows

    The hospital once wrote you into a case file. Now you must recover the life it erased.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Investigation 12.4%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

  16. #16 Vanakan
    86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Erik Khachatryan
    Windows

    Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.7%

  17. #17 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
    86% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

    Why similar: Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Surreal 9.2%

  18. #18 Cerebral
    85% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2026
    Dev: Youviverse
    Windows

    Cerebral is a short psychological horror game where every mistake hurts your memory. Save your mind or surrender it to the system. What remains of you either way?

    Why similar: Survival Horror 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Surreal 10.7%

  19. #19 The Price Of Flesh
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,097 reviews2022
    Dev: Gatobob
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Time Management 10.7%

  20. #20 Cold Bed on Route
    82% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2025
    Dev: Old Retina Museum
    Windows · Linux

    "Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.

    Why similar: Time Management 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

  21. #21 Whispers of the Seasons
    82% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2026
    Dev: Jawbone Games
    Windows

    You have been marked by a monster to be its next prey. Defend your cabin against the beast across the four seasons, listening out for its attacks to stop it before it gets inside. Complete tasks throughout the night in an effort to free yourself from its curse and return to a normal life.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 18.1%, Thriller 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Horror 13.1%, Time Management 11.5%

  22. #22 Wildwake
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moonhaze Games
    Windows

    Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Survival 9.8%

  23. #23 Twelve Floors Below.
    84% matchMixed66% of 38 reviews2022
    Dev: Three Buck Games
    Windows

    A claustrophobic horror game taking place in an elevator.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Thriller 8.6%

  24. #24 Serania - Path of the Scion
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FableTree Productions
    Windows · Mac

    Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

  25. #25 Tales In Text: Multiplayer Immersive Adventures
    80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Synthetic Mind Corp.
    Windows

    A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.

    Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Investigation 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

  26. #26 Not It: Spookiest Edition
    81% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
    Dev: Snowhaven Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%

  27. #27 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
    79% matchVery Positive100% of 193 reviews2024
    Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
    Windows

    A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

    Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Surreal 9%

  28. #28 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
    78% matchMostly Positive80% of 104 reviews2024
    Dev: Different Tales
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?

    Why similar: Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Investigation 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Thriller 10.2%

  29. #29 The Brothers Hotel
    78% matchMixed60% of 40 reviews2025
    Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
    Windows

    A psychological horror experience where you reshape reality with graffiti. As an artist who has lost their memory, paint the walls, open hidden passages, and escape the dark labyrinth of your mind.

    Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Thriller 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

  30. #30 Temple of Endless Night
    79% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%

  31. #31 Whispers From The Rift
    77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
    Windows

    A choose-your-own-adventure novel. ​Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Horror 11.9%

  32. #32 The Trials - Chapter Two
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hama Studios
    Windows

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Text-Based 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Psychological Horror 7.6%

  33. #33 The Company
    75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: Crawler Games
    Windows

    The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Surreal 7.8%

  34. #34 Penrose
    76% 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: Text-Based 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Surreal 8.6%, Story Rich 6.7%

  35. #35 Blackthorn Witch
    76% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
    Dev: BDOneArt
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Horror 10.4%

  36. #36 Epimutation
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: Barbieronpa
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

  37. #37 A Bad Christmas Story
    73% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
    Dev: S&J Games
    Windows · Mac

    Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Horror 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14%, Investigation 13.9%

  38. #38 The Nascent Necromancer
    75% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.

    Why similar: Text-Based 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%

  39. #39 The Sculptor
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
    Windows

    You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%

  40. #40 My fair damnation
    73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Jorge Velasco
    Windows

    You are a nurse trapped in a decaying hospital, surrounded by grotesque patients you must care for… for your own sake. Step into this psychological horror, uncover the reason for your punishment, and survive the darkness born from within yourself. But above all… stay away from him.

    Why similar: Time Management 19.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Investigation 10.6%, Horror 10.1%

  41. #41 The Casting of Frank Stone™
    71% matchMixed62% of 5,609 reviews2024
    Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Horror 9.6%

  42. #42 Selfpolis
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Trioskaz
    Windows

    What will happen if anxieties overwhelm a human so much they burst into a real-world like a wave?

    Why similar: Time Management 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 10%, Surreal 9.9%, Abstract 9.5%

  43. #43 Sunberry Care Center
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: foolkien
    Windows

    An analog horror adventure where you work as a staff member at the uncanny facility named Sunberry Care Center, which is dedicated to the treatment of a mysterious disease called Sunberry Syndrome.

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Horror 12.5%

  44. #44 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
    72% 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: Text-Based 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%

  45. #45 Room 337
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.

    Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Surreal 9.3%

  46. #46 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
    70% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2024
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Text-Based 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

  47. #47 Condition Unknown
    69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Bizibee Interactive
    Windows

    A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.

    Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

  48. #48 Shadows of Betrayal
    70% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Thriller 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

  49. #49 Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue
    71% matchMostly Negative40% of 63 reviews2023
    Dev: Dreamloop GamesPub: Aksys Games
    Windows

    Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.

    Why similar: Investigation 15.4%, Time Management 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Thriller 10.4%

  50. #50 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Text-Based 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

  51. #51 TOY BOX
    68% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
    Dev: DEADline Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.

    Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%

  52. #52 Flora Parasocial
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Laments_VN
    Windows

    Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Horror 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

  53. #53 Lake of Darkness
    67% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
    Dev: Steeze Games
    Windows

    Your small town is slowly becoming corrupted by a mysterious evil, In a dream you get a premonition of your own death. How do you avoid an unknown fate? Spend your final moments wisely in this choice-based psychological horror visual novel game.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Thriller 8.8%, Surreal 8.3%

  54. #54 Worn Out
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Morimichi
    Windows

    A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%

  55. #55 Aunewyth
    69% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
    Dev: Captain Cool
    Windows

    Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.

    Why similar: Text-Based 34.3%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%

  56. #56 The Portal Pirate
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.

    Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%

  57. #57 Scribe
    67% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
    Dev: TalesBar
    Windows

    Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!

    Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Difficult 10.7%

  58. #58 STAY
    69% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Thriller 12.1%, Text-Based 11.7%

  59. #59 林葬屋前传:冥声
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 181 reviews2025
    Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
    Windows · Mac

    "Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice" is a Chinese folk horror FMV mystery about a forbidden ghost marriage, a cursed nursery rhyme, and a string of fear-stricken deaths. Investigate a haunted mansion, uncover buried sins, and face multiple endings.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

  60. #60 The Dark Egg Demo
    66% matchVery Positive96% of 227 reviews2022
    Dev: Transcend Pixels
    Windows

    A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Surreal 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%

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