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  1. #1 Serania - Path of the Scion
    97% 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 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%

  2. #2 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
    96% matchVery Positive98% of 133 reviews2024
    Dev: ST Sinovar
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.

    Why similar: Nonlinear 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

  3. #3 Grave Knight
    96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
    Dev: Dreamlight Games
    Windows

    Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, RPG 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%

  4. #4 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    95% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
    Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 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 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Text-Based 10.2%

  5. #5 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
    Dev: JAD Labs
    Windows · Mac

    A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!

    Why similar: Nonlinear 18.1%, Text-Based 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%

  6. #6 OMEA
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
    Windows

    Your voice shapes the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you say. No menus, no limits. Just speak and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Story Rich 9.9%

  7. #7 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
    93% 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: Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 14.8%

  8. #8 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
    92% 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: Visual Novel 16.4%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%

  9. #9 Arderico's Journey
    91% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
    Dev: Digital Masquerade
    Windows

    Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12%

  10. #10 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
    91% 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 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%

  11. #11 Your Story: Games with Death
    90% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: BoldBox
    Windows

    A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%

  12. #12 Wildwake
    89% 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: Nonlinear 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%

  13. #13 Aunewyth
    89% 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 21%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, RPG 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

  14. #14 Taina's Cursed Legacy
    87% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
    Dev: dark_room_game
    Windows

    A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, RPG 9.1%

  15. #15 The Reeve
    86% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2024
    Dev: Gray Muscat
    Windows · Mac

    You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!

    Why similar: Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Medieval 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%

  16. #16 The Fifth Horseman
    88% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
    Dev: Angelo Parodi
    Windows

    The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.

    Why similar: RPG 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%

  17. #17 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: April May
    Windows

    A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%

  18. #18 Legends of Savvarah: Flowers and Scorpions
    83% matchVery Positive98% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: ST Sinovar
    Windows · Mac

    You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.

    Why similar: Nonlinear 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

  19. #19 Five Biggest Accomplishments
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Assembling Chickens Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Story Rich 11%, Choices Matter 10.6%

  20. #20 Fixer's Tale
    84% matchPositive94% of 18 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: Nonlinear 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%

  21. #21 Non-Linear Text Quests
    85% matchMostly Positive78% of 45 reviews2018
    Dev: NLB project
    Windows · Linux

    Non-Linear Text Quests is a bundle of text games of various genres. Here you can find interactive stories with branching plots and text-only versions of classic Point & Click quests, where you can communicate with different characters, use your inventory and combine items in various locations.

    Why similar: Nonlinear 18.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 11.2%

  22. #22 All (Too) Good Things
    82% 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 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13%

  23. #23 True Magician
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dark CitadelPub: Brezg Studio
    Windows

    How do you become a true magician? Find out in True Magician, an interactive text adventure with RPG elements. Travel through the kingdom with your teacher, learn the art of magic, fight enemies and make friends. And remember, the world is not what it seems!

    Why similar: Nonlinear 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Text-Based 9.1%

  24. #24 ThroneBreaker
    81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Kingdoms Games
    Windows

    You play whose family was executed under the orders of a ruthless king Through years of cunning strategy and dangerous alliances, you lead a rebellion and seize the throne for yourself. But the crown is no sanctuary. Years later, just as you begin to rebuild the realm an assassin’s blade finds you.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Choices Matter 15.3%, RPG 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%

  25. #25 Whispers of Gold
    81% 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 17.9%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%

  26. #26 Herald of the Mists
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FromNiki
    Windows

    A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Text-Based 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%

  27. #27 Roadwarden
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
    Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, RPG 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%

  28. #28 Vanakan
    79% 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 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

  29. #29 Whispers From The Rift
    78% 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 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%

  30. #30 The Music at the end of the World
    77% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Cihan Kuzu
    Windows

    "What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.1%

  31. #31 Tower of the Ice Lich
    76% matchPositive100% of 17 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 16.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

  32. #32 魔女低语时
    78% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
    Dev: Shellpeach
    Windows

    这是一款悬疑推理类文字冒险AVG,玩家扮演一名初出茅庐的侦探王朝阳,进入迷雾重重的学园,和各位可爱的女性角色互动,以找出诡异案件的真相!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, RPG 17.6%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Story Rich 11.6%

  33. #33 Shadows of Betrayal
    75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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: Visual Novel 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 10.4%

  34. #34 The Vigilante Diaries
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Out of the Blue Games
    Windows

    The Vigilante Diaries is a narrative-driven role-playing game where you assume the role of a masked vigilante. Experience his life journey through his diaries spanning years, navigate the changes within his hideout, and make every decision that shapes his destiny.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Text-Based 10.5%

  35. #35 Mass of Consumption
    75% 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 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

  36. #36 Wild Island Quest
    77% matchMixed54% of 342 reviews2015
    Dev: NLB project
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%

  37. #37 History of Dragosa
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Violence in Video Games
    Windows

    A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.6%, Choices Matter 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Story Rich 12%

  38. #38 Into Oblivion
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: NanoLion
    Windows

    Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 16%, RPG 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 11.8%

  39. #39 Horrors of Helmsfirth
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Blue Five Games
    Windows · Mac

    Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Multiple Endings 18.5%, Story Rich 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%

  40. #40 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
    73% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2022
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Swing a sword, delve dungeons, and lead a resistance against the tyrannical queen of a war-torn fantasy realm. Will you unite the realm and end the queen’s reign of terror... or join her and rule by her side?

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Medieval 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, RPG 10.7%

  41. #41 The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves
    74% matchMostly Positive75% of 82 reviews2017
    Dev: NLB project
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves is an adventure visual novel about the heroic feats of the intrepid warrior Ragnar. Now you can become the famed adventurer Ragnar and bravely seek out all-new original adventures in this exciting game. Delve into the mysteries of the caves and discover what lies in waiting below.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%

  42. #42 Horny Academy
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wet Ink
    Windows

    Horny Academy is an adult visual novel that blends interactive storytelling with a deep, branching narrative. Every choice you make leads to steamy animated scenes or unexpected twists within the mysterious walls of the magical Academy

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Text-Based 12.3%

  43. #43 Next Star
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Oneleafplay
    Windows · Mac

    Idol Talent Show Simulation Game-Train from zero to idol debut! Rank high to stay in! Explore the map, manage your schedule and play mini-games.Face tough evaluations,compete with fellow trainees, and forge meaningful bonds. Your choices will unlock 10+ unique endings. Can you shine?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choices Matter 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Multiple Endings 20%, Story Rich 15.4%

  44. #44 Peter's Journey
    71% matchMixed52% of 42 reviews2024
    Dev: Dreamer StudioPub: Start Game
    Windows

    Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%

  45. #45 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
    73% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, RPG 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%

  46. #46 EmyLiveShow: S&M story
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2023
    Dev: Team Emily
    Windows · Mac

    Discover the depths of your fetishes and kinks with EmyLiveShow stars Emy and Nia! Spend amazing hours in the company of beautiful v-tubers and find out their secrets!

    Why similar: Nonlinear 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 11.7%

  47. #47 Insects Awaken
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 445 reviews2025
    Dev: HelloMeow
    Windows · Mac

    Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 16.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, RPG 11.2%

  48. #48 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
    70% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
    Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
    Windows · Mac

    A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.2%, RPG 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%

  49. #49 Into the Waves
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Flying Whale
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%

  50. #50 Change the World
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
    Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Story Rich 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%

  51. #51 The Trial
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: NowakGamesPub: Pale Blue Dot
    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: Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%

  52. #52 Count of Hatchet
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Grumpo Games
    Windows

    In a crumbling empire, you are the Regent of Hatchet, facing dwindling resources and advancing enemies. Forge alliances or stand alone, navigate political intrigue, and make choices that shape your realm. Will you defend your legacy or succumb? Your decisions dictate Hatchet's fate.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 10.3%

  53. #53 Heart of mobius
    69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
    Dev: gunsturn Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 17.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Adventure 10.8%

  54. #54 Dancing with Shadows: Prologue
    67% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
    Dev: Glass Umbrella Inc.
    Windows

    Dancing with Shadows: Prologue is a 2D dark fantasy visual novel with CYOA-influenced branching storylines. Guide three protagonists through an interlocked and inexorably connected storyline. There are no wrong answers, but your decisions have consequences.

    Why similar: Nonlinear 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

  55. #55 Metamorphosis
    68% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
    Dev: AKAI KIRI
    Windows

    An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Choices Matter 20%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 11%

  56. #56 The Nascent Necromancer
    67% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.4%

  57. #57 Song of Life
    68% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: Experience Game Studio
    Windows

    A small visual novel about the adventures of a guy named Leon, who wants to change his past. During his school years, a lot of interesting things happened, there were a lot of girls, and where is all this now… That's what Leon thought until he found an amulet that could send him back several years.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%

  58. #58 禁忌taboo
    67% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2022
    Dev: junzhu
    Windows

    《禁忌》是一款关于表里世界、梦境与现实的悬疑恐怖剧情游戏。 故事围绕中学生徐灿的视角,讲述春游校车事故之后,徐灿意外觉醒某种诡异的感知能力,与神秘少女岳灵药一起重返废弃矿镇调查真相的同时,逐渐寻回被遗忘的记忆……

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Nonlinear 18.4%, RPG 17.6%, Adventure 11.3%

  59. #59 The Siege of Jeomdo
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Studio Hip Sword
    Windows · Mac

    Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, RPG 10.9%

  60. #60 Mycorrhiza
    67% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2022
    Dev: Distorted WanderersPub: Tim Reichert
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.

    Why similar: Nonlinear 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%

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