- #1 Epimutation
97% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #2 Ashwalkers
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 195 reviews2021
Dev: Nameless XIIIPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Survival 11%
- #3 7Days Origins
96% matchVery Positive86% of 342 reviews2021
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Why similar: Comic Book 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological 10%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #4 Minds Beneath Us
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,416 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Dystopian 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Psychological 10.1%
- #5 Deep Under
95% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Comic Book 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Narration 9.8%
- #6 One's Own Exile
92% matchVery Positive100% of 394 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Dystopian 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #7 ICY: Frostbite Edition
93% matchVery Positive86% of 400 reviews2017
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Survival 18.1%, Story Rich 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #8 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 684 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 24.1%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Story Rich 19%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Atmospheric 14%
- #9 Dull Grey
91% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Provodnik Games
Windows · Linux
Dull Grey is an award-winning visual novel about growing up. Experience an emotional story of a mother and son in a dystopian world, make simple but meaningful choices and discover multiple endings. Will you see your story unfold in full colour?
Why similar: Dystopian 23.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Narration 12.1%
- #10 Helpless
90% matchVery Positive89% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Bonne Journée StudioPub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
In the heat of deserted lands, a child and their mother weakened by sickness try to survive a harsh world. Through a kid’s perspective, take action and explore the remains of a lost past. Protect yourself from the sun’s deadly intensity and help your family get back on the road.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Dystopian 15%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Stylized 8.1%
- #11 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
89% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
- #12 The Pale Beyond
89% matchVery Positive89% of 2,115 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Psychological 12.4%, Survival 10.7%
- #13 Survive In Russia
88% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Alexander Sablin
Windows · Mac
Survive in Russia is a survival quest in Russia. You will be available a selection of characters. Each of them presents survival mode and story mode. Only on your choice will depend on the life of the character.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #14 While We Wait Here
84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,242 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #15 Solstice
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: Dystopian 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #16 The Story of The Flood
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: ZHANG FANPub: SHEN JIAWEI
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gods decide to bring the flood of water upon the earth. Salvage what you think is valuable and bring it back to base. It's a psychological test of the apocalypse, also an interactive experiment about trade-offs.
Why similar: Comic Book 21.5%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Survival 10.5%
- #17 Will Die Alone
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Dystopian 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #18 Heading Out
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 668 reviews2024
Dev: Serious SimPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Why similar: Narration 16.4%, Comic Book 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #19 Z-End
86% matchMixed57% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Smart Tale GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Z-End is a multiple choice narrative game. During the zombie apocalypse, you'll encounter the mysterious Faye while searching for new members.What secrets is she hiding? Will she join you? Will you be able to overcome the danger of this world?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 58.1%, Adventure 23.5%, Indie 18.4%
- #20 Along the Edge
83% matchVery Positive83% of 863 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Comic Book 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #21 The Wreck
81% matchVery Positive89% of 273 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: Choices Matter 16.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Narration 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #22 Omen Exitio: Plague
82% matchVery Positive85% of 621 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #23 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
80% matchVery Positive82% of 338 reviews2025
Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
Windows
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.2%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #24 OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,649 reviews2018
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.
Why similar: Narration 23.3%, Visual Novel 23%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Story Rich 14%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
- #25 Backspace Backspace Backspace
79% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Psychological 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #26 BatteryNote
78% matchVery Positive100% of 186 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Story Rich 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #27 Your Future Self
82% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #28 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,656 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Story Rich 15.9%, Survival 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #29 Last Broadcast
78% matchVery Positive80% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
Windows
An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #30 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
76% matchVery Positive95% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Comic Book 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #31 Sol
75% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Nebuloid Team
Windows · Mac
Fa mesos que ha desaparegut el sol, però el despertador continua sonant cada dia a les 8:00. Una novel·la visual en català.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Narration 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Dystopian 8.9%
- #32 Monsters of Little Haven
77% matchVery Positive88% of 436 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.8%, Narration 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #33 Neo Cab
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,781 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Comic Book 16.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #34 Hazy Mind
73% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #35 No More Future
73% matchVery Positive99% of 122 reviews2022
Dev: Sedge
Windows
In the last days of their life, a dying person takes one final gamble... No More Future is a linear Sci-Fi Visual Novel, where you explore a futuristic world as an android trying to rebuild their old life. In this strange journey, they'll question the very foundations of their life and their world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Comic Book 26.5%, Dystopian 18.3%, Story Rich 15.7%, Adventure 4.4%
- #36 Choice of Life: Samosbor
71% matchVery Positive88% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?
Why similar: Dystopian 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #37 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
74% matchVery Positive84% of 342 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Nature 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Narration 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #38 35MM
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,306 reviews2016
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #39 The Outcast Lovers
75% matchMixed66% of 85 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?
Why similar: Comic Book 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #40 Fostering Apocalypse
73% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Incisor Studios
Windows · Mac
The demon summoned to embark the second apocalypse is only a child, and a woman who has lost it all resolves to save her. A half-hour long narrative game with survival gameplay elements and two endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Dystopian 15.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #41 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 269 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Narration 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #42 Train of Afterlife
76% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Psychological 10%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #43 Endling - Extinction is Forever
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,246 reviews2022
Dev: Herobeat StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever – in the real world and in this 2023 BAFTA award winning experience.
Why similar: Nature 23.8%, Dystopian 23%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Survival 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #44 ENDLING
69% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Team HumansPub: TelePresent Games
Windows · Mac
Live the perfect day, break the cycle, and discover the truth about yourself in this short, quirky sci-fi mystery about freedom, choice, and loneliness.
Why similar: Choices Matter 40.4%, Narration 18.6%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Adventure 4.4%
- #45 Broken Roads
72% matchMixed53% of 436 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.3%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Story Rich 13.3%
- #46 Goodbye Volcano High
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,797 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Hand-drawn 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Comic Book 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%
- #47 Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
68% matchVery Positive98% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Psychological 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #48 Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
70% matchVery Positive91% of 386 reviews2020
Dev: Guanpeng Chen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.
Why similar: Dystopian 27%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #49 Sub-Verge
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive Tragedy, LimitedPub: Pantaloon
Windows · Mac
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dystopian 11.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #50 Unforgotten
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #51 Perseverance: Part 1
71% matchVery Positive85% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: Titanite NovelsPub: Feardemic
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Perseverance is a horror/drama visual novel about survival and redemption. In Part 1 you play as Jack, a father who is struggling to keep his family together and finds himself in the middle of horrific events.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Comic Book 20%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, Narration 9.6%
- #52 Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
69% matchVery Positive97% of 173 reviews2019
Dev: Cloak and Dagger Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lost and alone after a terrible landslide, Yandi must find his way home in this old-school point and click adventure set deep in the Sumatran jungle! Will he make it out alive?
Why similar: Psychological 28.9%, Nature 28%, Story Rich 23.5%, Atmospheric 14%, Adventure 2.5%
- #53 The Horrorscope
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #54 For Mother Matron
67% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%
- #55 氷点下30度の絶望
64% matchVery Positive97% of 285 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #56 Tails Noir Preludes
66% matchVery Positive92% of 297 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Story Rich 15.9%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #57 Primordia
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,387 reviews2012
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Dystopian 21%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #58 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
65% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Narration 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #59 Everything Will Be Fine!
63% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Multiple Endings 21.3%, Psychological 14%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%