- #1 7Days Origins
97% matchVery Positive86% of 352 reviews2021
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 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 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #2 Epimutation
96% matchVery Positive96% of 70 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 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #3 Ashwalkers
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 198 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 16.7%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%
- #4 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 16.9%, Comic Book 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Hand-drawn 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #5 One's Own Exile
94% matchVery Positive100% of 467 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 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Story Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #6 Minds Beneath Us
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,908 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Psychological 10%
- #7 Along the Edge
94% matchVery Positive82% of 1,017 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 16.1%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #8 While We Wait Here
91% matchVery Positive89% of 2,359 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.7 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 22.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #9 Will Die Alone
91% 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 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #10 Seers Isle
90% matchVery Positive92% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Comic Book 10.1%
- #11 Helpless
89% matchVery Positive89% of 261 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 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Dystopian 15%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Stylized 7.9%
- #12 ICY: Frostbite Edition
89% matchVery Positive86% of 401 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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Survival 18.3%, Story Rich 12.7%, Choices Matter 12%
- #13 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
88% matchVery Positive95% of 129 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 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
- #14 Choice of Life: Samosbor
86% matchVery Positive88% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #15 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
87% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Psychological 17.8%, Story Rich 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Atmospheric 10%
- #16 Solstice
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 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 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #17 Backspace Backspace Backspace
84% 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 22.2%, Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #18 The Pale Beyond
83% matchVery Positive89% of 2,210 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Psychological 11.8%, Survival 10.4%
- #19 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 691 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%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Story Rich 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Atmospheric 14%
- #20 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #21 Survive In Russia
85% 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 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #22 The Wreck
82% matchVery Positive88% of 282 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 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #23 Your Future Self
81% matchVery Positive81% of 96 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%
- #24 Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
78% matchVery Positive98% of 140 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 20.1%, Psychological 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #25 Perseverance: Part 1
81% matchVery Positive85% of 168 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 23.8%, Comic Book 20.5%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Stylized 7.9%
- #26 Omen Exitio: Plague
79% matchVery Positive85% of 631 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 22.6%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #27 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
76% matchVery Positive95% of 739 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #28 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,727 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 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Story Rich 15.9%, Survival 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #29 The Story of The Flood
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 78 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 21.6%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Survival 10.6%
- #30 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 353 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 21.4%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #31 The Horrorscope
77% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Psychological 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #32 Train of Afterlife
80% 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 36.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Psychological 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #33 Z-End
79% matchMixed58% of 57 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 58.2%, Adventure 23.8%, Indie 18.1%
- #34 Everything Will Be Fine!
74% matchVery Positive85% of 129 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 28.3%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #35 Hazy Mind
75% matchVery Positive86% of 333 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 18%, Psychological 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #36 Neve
73% matchVery Positive98% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #37 Monsters of Little Haven
75% matchVery Positive88% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Hand-drawn 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #38 BatteryNote
72% matchVery Positive99% of 220 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 30.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Story Rich 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #39 Tides of Tomorrow 🌊
71% matchVery Positive87% of 623 reviews2026
Dev: DigixartPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
From the makers of Road 96 comes a groundbreaking narrative adventure. Your choices shape the story for other players! Follow in your friends’ footsteps, face the consequences of their actions and choose the fate of this plasticpunk world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Nature 16.6%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #40 Dull Grey
74% matchVery Positive85% of 82 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 26.8%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #41 For Mother Matron
72% matchVery Positive92% of 168 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 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%
- #42 Broken Roads
73% matchMixed52% of 455 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 22.4%, Choices Matter 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Story Rich 13.4%
- #43 氷点下30度の絶望
69% matchVery Positive97% of 358 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 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #44 No More Future
71% matchVery Positive99% of 129 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 32.2%, Comic Book 26.6%, Dystopian 18.3%, Story Rich 15.6%, Adventure 4.5%
- #45 Sub-Verge
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 58 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 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Dystopian 11.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #46 Land of Ghosts
68% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: brutal_vap
Windows
A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters with ghosts. Rain-soaked landscapes and quiet conversations shape a desolate, melancholic road ahead.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Story Rich 16.5%, Psychological 14.7%, Adventure 7.8%
- #47 Survive the Blackout
73% matchMixed65% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #48 7 Days
67% matchVery Positive99% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Daver The DavePub: IC Industries
Windows
Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.4%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Psychological 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #49 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 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #50 Primordia
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,416 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 23.4%, Dystopian 20.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Story Rich 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #51 Endling - Extinction is Forever
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,533 reviews2022
Dev: Herobeat StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 23.1%, Dystopian 21.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Survival 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #52 Last Days of Lazarus
68% matchVery Positive88% of 184 reviews2022
Dev: Darkania WorksPub: GrimTalin
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.5%, Story Rich 26.2%, Dark 15%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #53 Schrödinger's Call
63% matchVery Positive94% of 1,003 reviews2026
Dev: Acrobatic ChirimenjakoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 20%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Psychological 17%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #54 Apocalipsis
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 516 reviews2018
Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10%
- #55 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,787 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Lead a traveling company through a harsh, unforgiving world where survival is never guaranteed in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.1%, Choices Matter 25.3%, Story Rich 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Singleplayer 4%
- #56 The Plane Effect
70% matchMixed63% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: Innovina/StudioKikuPub: PQube
Windows
Embark on a dark, dystopian isometric adventure as 'Solo,' seeking to reunite with your wife and daughter after an otherworldly, life-changing event. Solve intricate puzzles and evade an everwatching sinister presence...
Why similar: Dystopian 52.4%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Stylized 15.6%, Dark 6.4%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #57 35MM
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,328 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 20.7%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #58 The End of You
67% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Memory of God
Windows
The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.
Why similar: Psychological 32.2%, Choices Matter 25.4%, Story Rich 18.3%, Atmospheric 15%, Dark 9.2%
- #59 Goodbye Volcano High
65% matchVery Positive89% of 1,834 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 16.2%, Hand-drawn 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Comic Book 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%