- #1 LifeSimOS
97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #2 All (Too) Good Things
96% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #3 Butter Side Down
96% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Kalle MacDonald
Windows · Linux
Butter Side Down is a bizarro choose-your-own-choice game. Starring Basil Bonser, Adam Spargo, Grey Michael, Beatrice, Jeep Johnson, and Rotten Ruggerio. Answer questions, take calls, play card games, and solve one hell of a mystery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Dark Comedy 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
- #4 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #5 Guilt Free
94% matchVery Positive86% of 293 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: Dialogue Heavy 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #6 Whispering Memories
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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: Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #7 Kamilia
93% matchNo user reviews2026
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: Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 10.6%
- #8 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
92% 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 20.3%, Text-Based 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%
- #9 Come to my party!
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SIMSANG YOONPub: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Come to My Party! is a coming-of-age visual novel where choices matter. Jimin sets out to win class president and have her first birthday party. What begins as a simple goal spirals into social pressure, fragile friendships, and choices that can’t be taken back, hitting closer than you’d like.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #10 TOY BOX
91% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Dark Comedy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
- #11 アパシー殺人クラブ
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: SHANNON
Windows
『部活動の時間です。さあ、人殺しをはじめてください』 一癖も二癖もある強者ぞろいの巨大コミュニティ、それが鳴神学園。 そこには、ありとあらゆる部活動が存在し、到底常識では考えられない特殊な闇の倶楽部がある。その一つが殺人クラブだ。
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #12 Sabbatical In Merzouga
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #13 Tower of the Ice Lich
89% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #14 AN IOU
88% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Red Room Games
Windows · Mac
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #15 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JointPoint Studios LLC
Windows
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #16 Presidential Social Media Manager
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the most stressful job in politics making the President look sane online. Fix typos, fight trolls, and spin chaos into strategy. One wrong emoji could spark a crisis. A satirical management game where timing and damage control are your only lifelines.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Dark Comedy 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #17 The Portal Pirate
85% 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: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 18.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #18 Pasajeros
86% 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: Dialogue Heavy 18%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #19 The Trial
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #20 Mistbound
83% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18%, Multiple Endings 15%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #21 Tequila Moonrise
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Swan Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take over a struggling bar on the politically tense Moon Village. Prepare and serve drinks, befriend and help your customers, find your purpose, and maybe even love... all while keeping the bar's lights on in this narrative driven bartending simulator set on the moon.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Visual Novel 10%
- #22 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #23 The Night Fisherman
82% matchVery Positive82% of 771 reviews2020
Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Dark Comedy 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 10%
- #24 The Wreck
81% matchVery Positive89% of 279 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: Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #25 Loop//Error
80% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
Windows
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17%, Text-Based 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #26 7 Days in Dystopia
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YapabilityPub: Yapability Products
Windows
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #27 Where Control Ends
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #28 Holy Shift
79% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #29 When It Falls
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Team StargazerPub: Indie Game Foundry
Windows
An apocalyptic Ice Age approaches the automatic doors of your convenience store. Scrape together what you need to survive through bartering or outright scamming in this short narrative game. In the end, only you can judge yourself.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Dark Comedy 12.1%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #30 Dungeon of Departure
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: quite adept
Windows
Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Navigate a mysterious underground as you navigate through multiple story paths in this text-based, pixel-art, dark fantasy rpg, visual novel computer game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Mystery 10%
- #31 Alcyone: The Last City
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua Meadows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #32 Serania - Path of the Scion
76% 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 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #33 Death off the Cuff
77% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #34 時折記 -Tokioriki-
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #35 Worn Out
74% 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: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #36 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
74% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Transolar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #37 Thoughtless
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #38 Border of her Heart
76% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #39 Venus: Improbable Dream
75% 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: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #40 Presidential Psychologist
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
You're not a real psychologist. He's not a sane president. Welcome to the most unhinged therapy session ever held in office.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Dark Comedy 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #41 Yuika My Bestie
73% 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: Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #42 Presidential Shaman
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #43 Mass of Consumption
71% 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 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #44 Gloomscape
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lachrymose Games
Windows
Step into the eerie and mysterious world of Gloomscape! With your trusty mood ring and sense of adventure, you’ll craft, explore, and strategize your way through this bizarre world. But beware - ghastly creatures lurk around every corner.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Dark Comedy 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #45 氷点下30度の絶望
69% matchVery Positive97% of 337 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
Windows
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #46 墨心:波云诡船
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,395 reviews2020
Dev: 1001 Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主(你)从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆,发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异,恐怖致命的巨型怪物,你们能否成功逃脱?而这超自然的现象,似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #47 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #48 Slacking Off Company: Workplace Survival
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
Tired of the daily grind? Become the puppet master in this office survival sim! Guide your employee in the art of slacking off, avoid the boss's watchful eye, and test the limits under their nose. Can you help them 'survive' without getting fired?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Text-Based 12%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #49 Mothmen 1966
70% matchVery Positive91% of 320 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #50 ナカノ人格移植研究所
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #51 Project Salon
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Safe Flight GamesPub: SIGONO INC.
Windows
You're a barber in a city full of beastfolk. Chat with your customers, style their look, help them see something new in the mirror... and in themselves.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 31.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #52 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
- #53 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
68% matchVery Positive100% of 193 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #54 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: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #55 目を閉じてプレイするゲーム「星の記す真実」
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamKomori
Windows
When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Text-Based 12.5%
- #56 Contra Spem Spero
66% 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 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Story Rich 10%
- #57 Mirrorandum
66% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #58 Fixer's Tale
67% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Emblem Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #59 To Be With You
68% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Illus Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Text-Based 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #60 Whispers of Gold
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
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 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.5%