- #1 Dorm Till Dawn 2
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive a night in St Fiacre's at tiny size? This feature-length interactive visual novel returns to the world of Sensus Supra, with better visuals, dozens of animations, more complex puzzles and even more dangerous giantesses hunting for your blood. Every action has consequences...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dark Humor 11.6%, Dark Comedy 11%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #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: Dark Humor 13.2%, Dark Comedy 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Text-Based 9%
- #3 Twisted: A Dark Fairytale
96% 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 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #4 Trapped with Jester
95% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 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: Dark Comedy 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #5 Nameless - The Departed Cycle
94% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Fiendish Fiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the red star to the Umbral Forest and unravel the mysteries within, in this gay, romantic, dark fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #6 LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST
94% matchPositive92% of 26 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 18.8%, Dark Humor 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #7 TOY BOX
93% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #8 Do 11
92% 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 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Dark Comedy 13.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #9 Happy Binge Day To You! (U.C.H.E.W.S #2)
91% 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: Dark Comedy 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #10 Whispers From The Rift
91% 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 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Horror 11.9%
- #11 Mass of Consumption
90% 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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Horror 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #12 Ostera : The curse of...
89% matchPositive94% of 33 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: Dark Humor 16.8%, Dark Comedy 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
- #13 Under the Table
89% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #14 アパシー殺人クラブ
88% 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 22.6%, Dark Humor 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 11%
- #15 Flora Parasocial
87% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Horror 9.6%
- #16 Yuri Dating Agency
86% 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: Dark Humor 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #17 Doodle Date
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 339 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%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%
- #18 The King of Cats
85% matchPositive91% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
Navigate the claustrophobic corridors of a cargo ship and try to survive a night with man-eating tigers on the loose. Your choices will determine who lives and who dies.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Survival Horror 10%, Horror 8.6%
- #19 Contra Spem Spero
84% 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 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Horror 13.1%, Choices Matter 12%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #20 キミもvtuberにならないか?
84% 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: Dark Humor 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Horror 8.1%
- #21 University of Progress
83% 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 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dark Humor 11.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%
- #22 Brood Year
82% 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: Dark Humor 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #23 The Specter's Desire
82% matchVery Positive98% of 53 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: Dark Comedy 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #24 LustyVerse: ShackBang
81% matchMixed53% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Inceton games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A trip to a cabin in the woods takes one guy and four hot girls trough an unexpected week filled with all kinds of twists and turns, where fun doesn't always promise a happy ending.
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.8%, Dark Comedy 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Horror 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #25 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 10%, Colorful 5%
- #26 Witchlight Woods
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Horror 11.7%
- #27 Brownie's Adventure: The Final Resolution
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Beardy Ramblin Games
Windows
An incompetent wizard is tasked with stopping a recently awakened evil entity that just so happens to be trapped inside a (deeply suspiciously heavy) spoon. What follows is a sprawling, absurd 1990s-style point-and-click comedy adventure across bizarre fantasy realms and also North Derbyshire.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #28 Happy Birthday: With Sergio Spellbound
79% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Lazer Genu
Windows
Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Dark Comedy 15.3%, Text-Based 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
- #29 Tower of the Ice Lich
78% 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 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Text-Based 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #30 Before They Catch Us
77% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #31 Parasite in Love
76% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Horror 8.7%, Dark 7.5%
- #32 Last Summer at Camp Apocalypse Blood: 101 Ways to Not Capture Bigfoot
78% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
A surreal dark comedy visual novel about monster camp politics, childhood trauma, and a bribe-prone Bigfoot. Battle rival camp Wonderfang during what could be the last summer at Camp Apocalypse Blood!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #33 Yonder World: Interview with the Void
77% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Fluttering Abyss
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #34 Exploring Friscott
74% match8 user reviews100% of 8 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 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #35 One More Encounter
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Niños Fumones
Windows
On November 17, 1992, a small group of three developers released a video game like no other. Only available for the NEC PC-9801 computer, this was the most ambitious game the industry had ever conceived. Unfortunately, it was a sales failure and was lost in the abyss of time.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Dark Humor 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%
- #36 be you 2
76% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2020
Dev: louis morel
Windows
be you 2 is an interactive visual novel. In this sequel to "be you", you must raise a child by making story choices. There are multiple routes and endings based on your offspring's personality.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.8%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #37 Project Dark
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
Project Dark is an episodic, narrative-driven audio game that uses binaural sound and "choose your own adventure" style storytelling to immerse players in its varied worlds. Close your eyes, and see.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 11%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%
- #38 ぼったくりタクシー
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: 総合コンテンツ制作サークル
Windows
Customers... Don't let them find out... Rip-off! A thrilling rip-off adventure where if the customers find out, you'll explode!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Dark Comedy 16%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #39 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
74% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 18.8%, Horror 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #40 HimeYoku: A Sacrifice of Lust and Grace
73% matchVery Positive93% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: Escu:dePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Hell-bent on vengeance, Caldo single-handedly topples the royal throne of Solide, capturing the king and the princess and working their ruin through his dark contracts with demons. A visual novel about hate and revenge... and possibly redemption.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #41 God For A Day
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Funky Forest
Windows
In this narrative-based simulation game, you play as the Son of God. Your mission: Decide, bless or condemn city residents. Uncover the person's story through their items and secrets before making decisions. Your choices alter the city's destiny, and impact your revelation on Judgment Day.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.3%, Dark Humor 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #42 The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
72% 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 21.4%, Dark Comedy 19.2%, Dark Humor 15.5%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%
- #43 Reigns: The Witcher
70% matchVery Positive80% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Adventure 6.9%
- #44 Liar Luna
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Luna, a girl caught in a fight between armed insurgents and spies. Help her navigate her way to saving her friend. Explore a laboratory dedicated to the production of new materials. Enjoy a lighthearted and chaotic story of a girl out of her depth in an espionage mission.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #45 Tri City Monsters
71% matchVery Positive97% of 71 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: Dark Humor 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%
- #46 Scary Stories
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bruce Devlin
Windows · Linux
A spooky text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style game that tells several spine-chilling tales with several choices and items throughout, these may change your path... Can you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 10.1%, Survival Horror 9.1%
- #47 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
70% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #48 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,237 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 15.8%, Dark Humor 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
- #49 Dr.Pumpkin Chapter 2: The SCP hunt
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: funcybear
Windows
Dr. Pumpkin Island is shrouded in mystery and intrigue, with its inhabitants being some of the most unusual creatures you'll ever encounter. From the moment you step onto the island, you'll feel like you've entered a different world, with strange noises and peculiar sights around every corner.
Why similar: Dark Humor 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Horror 9.6%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #50 Where are you, Cinderella?
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KimiNako
Windows · Linux
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%
- #51 Xoru: The Nightmare Wars
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Castlelore Studios
Windows
A dark fantasy horror visual novel where your choices reshape a nightmare‑ridden world. Explore surreal realms, solve narrative puzzles, and face the consequences of every decision.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 9%
- #52 X.E.H.A. Rogue
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #53 Jeans on Toast
69% 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: Dark Comedy 20%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%
- #54 Lich Clicker
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: KnotHorn Studio
Windows
Collect souls. Choose your path. Find true love or doom the world. The choice is yours in this simple clicker game with a branching storyline. Can you find all five fully voiced endings?
Why similar: Dark Humor 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Dark Comedy 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #55 Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MyGrandfather Games
Windows
Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven is a First-Person comedy horror game about being stuck babysitting while the news is expressing that the world around you is ending.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Dark Humor 17.4%, Horror 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%
- #56 We Were Here Before
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Dark Humor 16.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #57 EmyLiveShow: BossRush
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #58 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
64% matchVery Positive95% of 516 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Dark Comedy 17.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Adventure 7.9%
- #59 Normal Person
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dexter ManningPub: Manning Media
Windows
Normal Person is a single player horror, first person Visual Novel where your choices matter! Will you be able to escape or will you be stuck in a limbo with the man who claims to be a "Normal person"
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.6%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Horror 11.4%
- #60 Grim's Gambit
66% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Christopher Baboolal
Windows · Mac
Get ready for a tale where every cup poured is a step closer to unraveling the mysteries that bind the afterlife. Take on a soul-stirring quest as you serve lost souls, piece together your forgotten past, and unveil the chilling secrets of the Stygian Keep.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Dark Comedy 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%