- #1 Dorm Till Dawn
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to St Fiacre’s College for Women of Unreliable Size. Your new home. If you can survive your first night… Featuring 40,000 words of text and over 500 images, this heart-pumping visual novel journey will thrill fans of shrinking and giants alike!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Dark Comedy 10.9%, Text-Based 10%
- #2 Toyeater
96% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
A seasonal visual horror story! The night before Christmas, and you're tiny, trapped by a giant, malicious, man-eating elf. It's a race against time to find a path out of her workshop before she devours you all. In this illustrated, part animated narrative puzzle, your choices decide your survival.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Dark Comedy 12.2%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #3 LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST
96% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Stanwixbuster
Windows
A self-described "chronically online" trans guy goes to a kink club thinking it will fix him. It doesn't.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.6%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #4 Do 11
95% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 14.8%, Dark Comedy 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #5 The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Dark Comedy 16.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Dark Humor 14%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #6 TOY BOX
94% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Dark Comedy 17.6%, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #7 Twisted: A Dark Fairytale
93% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Fablesoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 13%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%
- #8 Penrose
92% 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 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Drama 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #9 キミもvtuberにならないか?
91% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: 15pmPub: yatsutogimaroni
Windows
New free novel game "Will you become a vtuber too?" One day, you came to the virtual world Return to the real world? Or... would you make another choice? ―――A story that changes depending on your choices
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Dark Humor 23.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 18.7%, Casual 7.3%
- #10 CatTrigger Horror Collection
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Linux
Slice through a collection of HORROR STORIES, produced by a solo dev! Survive through the body horror of health clinics, haunted dating sims, robot takeovers, CORPORATE COMPLIANCE VIDEOS & MORE!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #11 Ostera : The curse of...
90% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Profits Troll Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ostera: The curse of... Join the Adventure! Shape Your Destiny, Kiss Rats, and Slap Kids!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Dark Humor 17.2%, Dark Comedy 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%
- #12 A Week Before Autumn
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper
Windows
Pine Hill is a quiet Midwestern college town. Quiet enough that nobody seemed to hear Ginny Nicholson die. Alone with the thoughts in your head, now you just want to know one thing: why?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.9%
- #13 Whispers From The Rift
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 21.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 8.8%
- #14 Under the Table
88% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
An office-based shrinking horror adventure in visual novel format! Explore a workplace packed with man-eating coworkers as you try to survive being tiny...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dark Humor 13%, Survival Horror 8.5%
- #15 Kiss the Demiurge
87% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: YuriEureka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kiss the Demiurge is a yuri visual novel about love, delusions, and magic. Follow Minori, a mage tasked with keeping magic a secret, as she investigates a group of delusional girls who mistakenly believe themselves to have magic of their own. Will Minori destroy their magic club, or fall in love?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.4%, Text-Based 17.1%, Dark Humor 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%
- #16 Trapped with Jester
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dark Comedy 15.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Dark Humor 14.5%
- #17 LaughterLost
85% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Mix StudioPub: USC Games
Windows
LaughterLost takes you through a surreal journey of work and family life. Face psychological twists, narrative choices, puzzles, and unexpected unique confrontations! Will you break this dystopian cycle of everyday life?
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Dark Comedy 16.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #18 AFK_GF
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Camocipher12
Windows
A dark visual novel blending psychological horror, surreal storytelling, and chatroom-inspired UI. Navigate intrusive thoughts, branching choices, and dissect a fractured mind in a twisted search for connection and meaning.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.3%, Dark Humor 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #19 The Trials of Ozymandias
86% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Drama 8.8%
- #20 Mass of Consumption
84% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, Horror 11.5%
- #21 Super Chillers: The Chat Room
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows
Travel back to the 90s in this campy point-and-click horror adventure inspired by classic YA horror books like Fear Street and Point Horror.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Dark Comedy 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Old School 10%
- #22 Doodle Date
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 338 reviews2018
Dev: Nicholas Lives
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%
- #23 Reap and Sow
81% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: MrFishess
Windows · Mac · Linux
After being invited to the biggest house party of the year, things take an unexpected turn when you summon an ancient lust demon. Navigate a bustling house party, attempting to lure unknowing party guests as sacrifices to your new god. Who knows, maybe if you do good they'll keep you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Dark Comedy 15.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Dark Humor 13.2%, Visual Novel 11%
- #24 さよなら人生。
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: トンデモ理論武装
Windows
女性キャラ多めで全体的にキャラクターのあくが強いです。 テンポのいいテキストを心がけております。 オカルト、歴史、泣き、コメディ、バトル、ミステリ、恋愛少々、と様々な要素があり。
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Text-Based 22.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Drama 9.7%
- #25 Happy Binge Day To You! (U.C.H.E.W.S #2)
82% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Adipose RexPub: Earthbound Books
Windows
An erotic visual novel with multiple endings! In a alternate America where women have gained the ability to swallow humans whole, some cities have made it legal one day a year! Read or listen as each chapter of the story is played out, with you holding the power of where the story goes next!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Dark Comedy 18.3%, Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 12%
- #26 EmyLiveShow: BossRush
80% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Team Emily
Windows · Mac
Challenge four hot beauties and save the world from the attacks of sexy bosses in the new EmyLiveShow game!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #27 アパシー殺人クラブ
79% 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 Humor 24.1%, Dark Comedy 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #28 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
79% match7 user reviews86% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Text-Based 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, First-Person 8.4%, Horror 7.7%
- #29 Dysnamic
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
A story-rich and character-centric visual novel about a world with an illness called Dysnamia. Join Bene as he handles his Dysnamia and his past, helping the festival in his town be successful despite the terror lurking in the background.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 16.7%, Casual 8.7%, Drama 8.5%
- #30 Tri City Monsters
77% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Dark Humor 16.3%, Text-Based 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #31 All Scars and Starlight
77% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark boys love / boys hate visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired world full of political intrigue. Yuel, once the King of Indra, is deposed by his older cousin, Tavi, during a coup and imprisoned within the palace. An uneasy relationship between them grows, and then...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Drama 9.3%, Dark 8.3%
- #32 Rain and the Wolf
76% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A boys love / yaoi visual novel based loosely on Little Red Riding Hood. Follow Rain as he meets a mysterious werewolf, Zero, deep in the woods, and shape his fate with your choices. Will Rain be able to tame the werewolf, or will he meet a grisly end?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Drama 9%
- #33 Wolf Adventures
78% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Schizo Cat
Windows
Interactive novel in pixel style about the king HappyWolf. You're a powerful king Happy Wolf of the kingdom EbenGrad. For a long time, your citizens were happy about everything, but times have changed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Dark Comedy 16.3%, Dark Humor 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%
- #34 Talk About Something in the Nowhere
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Rhoddon-Byte
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short horror visual novel where you get to know your brand new self-aware in-game boyfriend and explore your relationship through Talking About Something in the Nowhere.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Drama 8.1%
- #35 Travelling Light
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 12%, Drama 7.7%
- #36 Jeans on Toast
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Octaviaverse GamesPub: Luminary Interactive
Windows
Jeans on Toast is a text-based, choose your own adventure game summoned forth from the darkest depths of one girl's unhinged imagination.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Dark Comedy 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%
- #37 Class Reunion Chat Room
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 186 reviews2023
Dev: RocRac
Windows
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Drama 11%, Dark 8.9%
- #38 My Big Sister: Remastered
74% matchVery Positive91% of 210 reviews2022
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
My name is Luzia and this story is about my big sister, Sombria. Are you ready to hear it?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.2%, Dark Humor 18.6%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Horror 7.4%
- #39 I Offered You the Crown
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Winter Twilight Productions, LLC
Windows
A drama/comedy visual novel about how holding a relationship together and surviving a deadly blizzard may not be all that different.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Dark Comedy 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Drama 8.4%
- #40 We're Getting Deeper Into The Abyss
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chainsaw Development
Windows
Follow the story of "Frei K", an artist who is searching for answers about his eventful past, yet he is someone that is starved for love, putting others ahead of himself first. Experience unique multiple areas, side-stories, collectables, mini-games, and different endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Dark Comedy 15.3%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #41 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 913 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.3%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%
- #42 A Night With Angel
72% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: The PoundryPub: Circle Jerk(s)
Windows
An interactive text narrative where charm, charisma, and seduction will be your key tools. Angel is an alluring and confident twink- each word, each glance, has deeper meanings as the two of you spend a fleeting night's tryst with eachother.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #43 Forgive My Sins & Desires, Father - Boys Love (BL) Visual Novel
72% matchVery Positive85% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: ChaniMK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Drama 10.3%
- #44 University of Progress
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blossom
Windows · Mac
A fully voiced visual novel where your choices actually matter. Welcome to college: annoying frat boys, unhinged goth girls, weird roommates, and every flavor of chaos. Go to class, get wasted, find love, whatever. Just try not to die.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dark Humor 12.2%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%
- #45 Osylla
73% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Facundo Aviusso
Windows
Osylla is a horror game based on real events. Try to escape from your own house and help your mother to get medical help. Are you able to help everyone in the household?
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Stealth 15.6%, Horror 8.6%
- #46 MysteryOS
69% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Clermont Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Exploration 9.1%, Puzzle 7%
- #47 Her Love, Like Poison
68% matchVery Positive96% of 234 reviews2025
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 22%, Visual Novel 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Drama 10.8%, Dark 9.7%
- #48 YOUNG TEAM SOUNDS
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POST COMMERCIALS: ALLIANCE
Windows
Break the dead ends! A music creation adventure where the sounds you create change depending on your "emotional choices". A dark tale of creation, modelled on the real world and real events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Drama 10.5%
- #49 Gloomscape
70% 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: Dark Comedy 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 15.3%, Dark Humor 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%
- #50 Brood Year
69% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #51 Endwell
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Stage Entertainment
Windows
Hoomanity’s last hope, delivered by cats. One determined cat, one big backpack, and a whole lot of deliveries to make! As the Cat Courier, it’s your job to navigate a charming little town, drop off packages to humans and collect parts for the ultimate Escape Crate. And spread smiles along the way.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 18.3%, Dark Comedy 13.4%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Drama 9.3%
- #52 Contra Spem Spero
67% matchPositive96% of 24 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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Horror 9.9%
- #53 Exploring Friscott
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Text-Based 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #54 Yuri Dating Agency
68% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Dark Humor 19.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #55 Hadean Lands
71% matchPositive94% of 47 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38%, Text-Based 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Puzzle 3.5%
- #56 Hélène est dans mon Ventre.
67% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Capucine Mahieux
Windows · Linux
You follow a troubled girl whose only friend is her talking tapeworm inside her belly. This one will help and advise her in order for her to get closer to the person she loves.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.1%, Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Visual Novel 10%
- #57 The Darkness Delivers
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A haunting horror story set in an isolated abbey. Jeanne, a naïve young nun, struggles to save her lover, the angelic Sister Séraphine, from a wasting disease which has ravaged their home - but what is Jeanne prepared to sacrifice for Séraphine's sake?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Drama 9.1%
- #58 Confessional Simulator
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: null.exePub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Hear sins. Judge souls. Upgrade your booth. Play as a priest hearing increasingly absurd confessions in this darkly comedic simulator. Will you guide your flock to salvation... or squeeze them for donations to install a hot tub in your confessional?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Dark Comedy 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Dark Humor 20.1%, Casual 4.7%
- #59 The Specter's Desire
66% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Dark Comedy 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%