- #1 鸢之歌:归途
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WindField Games
Windows
《鸢之歌:归途》是一款末日生存类视觉小说游戏。游戏讲述了在前作《鸢之歌》结局之后,携带关键数据逃走的平安铃,被一伙自称“反抗军”的人救走,由此进入了他们隐藏于沙漠当中的神秘营地。在神秘营地中,平安铃遇到了许多意想不到的人,而世界毁灭的真相,也从此刻开始渐渐开始浮出水面……
Why similar: Word Game 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, RPG 8.5%, Romance 8.1%
- #2 迷子公路
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零旗
Windows
《BanGDream! It’s MyGo!!!!!》的末世公路AU同人游戏,ansy cp向视觉小说。
Why similar: Word Game 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 14.4%, Text-Based 5.4%
- #3 The Last 66 Days
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: 曦冉Pub: Next Playground
Windows · Mac
I'm Anna, met Qiqing in a video game, he bright light in my once dark world. But in 66 days, he'll be gone, every day precious. You, my friend, the only one can help me. Please review my story, nurture our relationship, find out why he's leaving!
Why similar: Word Game 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Romance 11.8%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #4 拂晓之诗Dawn's Poem
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 一期一会工作室
Windows
A sci-fi otome AVG game where players will take on the role of the "Spark" of a new world, encounter 6 male protagonists, and unlock different endings through puzzles and choices. Uncover the mystery behind your parents' death and discover the truth of the world.
Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Romance 8.8%
- #5 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
94% matchVery Positive94% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: 符离游戏(FuliGames)
Windows
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women. You will travel to the Land of Women, meet the mysterious young lady Jian Ling, and gradually uncover the bloody and dark secrets behind this realm. Death, resistance, or degeneration? Everything depends on your choices.
Why similar: Word Game 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Gore 7.9%, RPG 6.5%
- #6 众星入海
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 失业者联盟游戏制作组Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
大学毕业正在苦于找工作的平凡男生时寻,在奔波中遇到了一位穿着战术服的少女陈枫实。 陈枫实声称自己是末日时期的搜救人员,目的就是拯救世界上最后的幸存者。 时寻望着周围熙熙攘攘的街道,陈枫实望着周围残破的废墟,同时发觉了对方已经疯了的事实。两人抱着对对方的同情,开启了独属于他们的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 8.9%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #7 五维介质:重生(Medium5: Rebirth)
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 北辰社
Windows
"Medium5: Rebirth" is an AVG produced by Beichen, also the first MEDIUM5 fan game with a complete world view. Through QTE and other game-play interspersed in the plot, players will experience a journey on "Shulv Planet". This game will show you the charm and another possibility of MEDIUM5.
Why similar: Word Game 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, RPG 9.6%
- #8 灰烬行星与填鸭少女
93% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: 世界末日高考组Pub: Dmk
Windows
在河北省,核大战后孤独的世界末日,机器人守卫在尘封的考场。 长久的等待之后,全国最后一名考生探出了路口。 再过一年的六月六,高考结束之后,在这个一片荒芜的世界,两人又该何去何从……
Why similar: Word Game 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Text-Based 6.3%
- #9 无量疯之章
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
Windows
"1990s Psychosis" - A feng shui master battles eldritch visions after a head injury. This Chinese Lovecraftian visual novel explores psychosis, cosmic horror and ancient gods through medication-resistant hallucinations. Remember: Take your pills.
Why similar: Word Game 32%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, RPG 9.6%, Romance 7.3%
- #10 定风波·宁州
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Word Game 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, RPG 10.8%, Text-Based 7%
- #11 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
90% matchVery Positive94% of 2,200 reviews2022
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯,意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中,他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相,也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来,覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下,究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......
Why similar: Word Game 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Romance 11.1%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #12 はじめるセカイの理想論 -goodbye world index
89% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: WhirlpoolPub: TamaMako gaming
Windows
美少女游戏社团漩涡社(Whirlpool)带来的最新视觉小说。身处空想理论打造的创想世界中,与邂逅的女生们共度末日前的生活吧!
Why similar: Word Game 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 8.1%
- #13 Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,928 reviews2021
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?
Why similar: Word Game 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Romance 7.5%
- #14 Aliya: Timelink
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,995 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
Why similar: Word Game 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, RPG 9.6%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #15 Safe House
88% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: HuangZeXin
Windows
Safe House tells the story of a zombie virus sweeping the world, turning most humans into irrational monsters. The male protagonist Xin and the family of other safe houses will find the truth buried and a way to survive under the threat of zombie and other survivor forces
Why similar: Word Game 32.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, RPG 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Mystery 8.3%
- #16 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
This is a sci-fi adventure visual novel game primarily driven by dialogue choices. In humanity’s pursuit of happiness, people collectively fell into deep sleep, with dreams becoming a source of energy, leaving the world in ruins. The story begins with a “fortunate” amnesiac who awakens.
Why similar: Word Game 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #17 Bound by Celestial Fate
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
Bound by Celestial Fate is a RPG set in a fantasy world inspired by ancient China. As Ethan Reed, a witty & justice-driven teacher, lead students through perilous adventures in turbulent Jiuzhou. Use strategy and bonds to shape a story of intrigue, humanity, and emotional depth amid power struggles.
Why similar: Word Game 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Romance 7.4%
- #18 Last Days
85% matchVery Positive95% of 192 reviews2021
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组
Windows
The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.
Why similar: Word Game 32.1%, Romance 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
- #19 花母·序
84% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: e-sheep
Windows
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“,你发现了这所学校,不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ,而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进,被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索,已生命为代价换取来的真相,才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 10.8%, Mystery 6.3%
- #20 地下室
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XJS studio
Windows
游戏玩家李念一在探索一款新游戏《变态乐园》时,发现这款游戏的界面跟他家里一模一样,而且,通过游戏,他发现自己家里居然有一个地下室,而地下室里,除了面具、铁链、各种奇怪的工具之外,还有一个笼子,而笼子里,囚禁着一个姑娘……
Why similar: Word Game 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, RPG 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Gore 9.2%
- #21 我才不会被女孩子欺负呢
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lingdong
Windows
The game "I'm Not Being Bullied by Girls" is a role-playing romantic adventure game. In the game, players will experience the stories and interactions between several girls from the first person perspective of the male protagonist, promote the development of the plot, and explore the city map.
Why similar: Word Game 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, RPG 9.5%, Text-Based 6.3%
- #22 禄水三江
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 禄水三江
Windows
This game is a multi perspective immersive text interactive visual novel game based on the real historical event of the Qing Dynasty in the Qingshui River Basin of Guizhou Province, known as the "Battle for the River Case".
Why similar: Word Game 32%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 15.9%, RPG 12.6%, Text-Based 5.2%
- #23 Tide of Lone Stars-孤星之潮-
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 此间梦Sono
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tide of Lone Stars is an ADV / AVG with conventional gameplay and unconventional apocalyptic sci-fi narrative. As a disabled girl living outside the walls, Blanka, you will meet a strange man, Adrian. An amazing adventure of “Love, Rebirth and Death” is ready to begin.
Why similar: Word Game 28.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #24 机忆
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: futurelovegame
Windows
"Master, what's the difference between humans and robots you find?" I hope someday you will be knocked on the door by the lovely maid robot and give the answer to this question.
Why similar: Word Game 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Romance 10.8%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #25 病娇X契约
81% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 灵问制作组
Windows
当某一天你(张一文)被持有电击器的病娇女孩(杨小露)堵在巷子里告白 是不顾一切逃离还是暂时答应之后另寻它法?
Why similar: Word Game 35.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 8.6%, Anime 6.4%
- #26 Jukai Maze
78% matchVery Positive90% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beneath the shadowed sea of trees below the volcanic mountain lies a mysterious facility probing the afterlife, as omens of the world’s end approach. A loved one missing, reality twisting, a volcano stirring below. Once more you enter the maze, seeking the exit hidden in spectral forest shadows.
Why similar: Word Game 38.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Romance 8.3%, Mystery 6.7%, Visual Novel 4%
- #27 Paradoxical双界诗 Paradoxical Twin Worlds Saga
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 蓕朩蓕骉
Windows
Paradoxical Twin Worlds Saga is a narrative-driven galgame set across modern high school life and an ancient dynasty. As an ordinary student traveling between two worlds, you uncover intertwining fates, altered memories, and a single truth: your existence itself is a paradox.
Why similar: Word Game 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, RPG 8.7%, Anime 7.3%
- #28 Algorithm Prescription
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shochiku
Windows
Xenoria, a city run entirely by AI Trust, occupation, romance, everything in life is pre-determined by "Empathy Score" which reveals a person's personality. Cocoro will unravel the secret of this city, and pursue the truth about herself. An indulging love suspense.
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Romance 10.4%, RPG 7.7%
- #29 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
80% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Word Game 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, RPG 13.8%, Mystery 8.8%
- #30 23:61
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 6.3%, RPG 6.1%
- #31 True Colors of a Star
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
"True Colors of a Star" is an interactive narrative game,players become a rising celebrity in the entertainment industry.Through choices in dialogue,relationships,and auditions,shape their career and connections.Key mechanics include managing media, rivalries, hidden plots,and performing key scenes.
Why similar: Word Game 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 6.9%
- #32 Critical Attraction
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 扯拐工作室
Windows
Critical Attraction is a 2D side-scrolling otome simulation romance RPG visual novel. When the player’s older sister suddenly goes missing, they embark on a journey to find her. Along the way, they meet 4 companions with distinct personalities, grow through various life experiences.
Why similar: Word Game 35%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Romance 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, RPG 9.4%
- #33 The Heart - Stealing Screen Siren
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
This game follows a fallen actress rising to stardom. Make choices, strategize, and grow as you face showbiz rivalries, uncover secrets, and navigate love, and revenge. Use "Witch Diamonds" to unlock plots and outsmart foes. Your choices shape multiple endings—will you claim success and revenge?
Why similar: Word Game 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 6.9%
- #34 Crossroads of Matrimony
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
You will play the role of a newlywed wife, You can choose your family background, personality traits, and romantic routes with three male characters. Additionally, you can shape your child’s future and determine the rise or fall of the family. You’ll write your own post-marriage story!
Why similar: Word Game 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 6.9%
- #35 Faces of the Erinyes
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
Faces of the Erinyes is a modern urban RPG about rebirth, revenge, and love. Players control a bullied girl reborn in a wealthy heiress’s body. Through choices, adapt to high society and uncover secrets. Core gameplay includes interactions, clue-solving, and branching decisions.
Why similar: Word Game 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 6.9%
- #36 乌托邦之血 Blood of Utpia
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 黑豆柴的幻影
Windows
This is a visual novel game, an interactive text-based adventure with some elements of dating simulation. this game contains themes of violence, gore and immorality. The themes of this game does not represent the views and opinions of the author.
Why similar: Word Game 34%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, RPG 14.9%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
- #37 YiYi
75% matchVery Positive93% of 201 reviews2022
Dev: 埋月山枯
Windows
You are "GUI", you have come to a city of eternal night, to find your soul to dream of "Yi Yi".
Why similar: Word Game 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Romance 20.9%, RPG 8.3%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #38 睢阳:诗与火
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 绘诗社PoetryCanvas
Windows · Mac · Linux
唐天宝十一载的上元夜,浮浪子弟韩承业在盛世长安城邂逅一位神秘的贵族少女。三年后,安史之乱爆发。本不可能走到一起的两个人,会被命运的漩涡抛向何处?玩家将经历多个主角生命中一系列的变故,以及,投入到那场中国古代史上最为惨烈的守城战中。是死守,是挽救,还是逃亡?做出你的抉择。
Why similar: Word Game 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, RPG 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 11.3%
- #39 恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~
74% matchVery Positive94% of 2,933 reviews2020
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 37.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
九省通衢之地的阴影里,不知名的存在正在蠢蠢欲动。普通到极点的学生顾韦,作为“非日常部”的一员,和女友苏半夏开始调查“虚拟偶像消失事件”的传闻。讲述都市怪谈的可疑直播间,废墟一般的住宅楼,等待在两人前方的是……
Why similar: Word Game 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Romance 11.2%, Mystery 9.2%
- #40 Neverland永无乡
73% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Roastfish
Windows
Waking up on a strange island, you find yourself transformed into the appearance of a child. You could make new friends, have fun, and explore the island. Depending on your choices, you may even become one with the darkside of the island.
Why similar: Word Game 38.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, RPG 7.4%
- #41 冬日树下的回忆
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,207 reviews2023
Dev: 午后零时Pub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows · Mac · Linux
《冬日树下的回忆》是由制作人xwu创立的社团「午后零时」推出的首部免费原创视觉小说,并由其旗下小组『MagicaLuv』运营。 我的梦想是成为一名教师或者医生,在学业结束后我收到了来自医院的第一份工作实习邮件。在这所医院里我将担任实习治疗师(sensei)的工作,而我负责的是一位叫“言叶”的女孩……
Why similar: Word Game 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Romance 11.1%, RPG 8.3%
- #42 风起长安:驭骨人
73% matchVery Positive81% of 293 reviews2021
Dev: 轻梨工作室Pub: 咕咕工作室
Windows
This is a Chinese style otome game!
Why similar: Word Game 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, RPG 10.1%, Anime 5.7%
- #43 Phoenix in Flames: A Fateful Misdressing
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Villain Role
Windows
《Phoenix in Flames: A Fateful Misdressing》 is a historical text adventure. Step into the shoes of a Jinwu Guard during the Tang Dynasty’s Shenlong Era. Deeply entangled in the coups following Empress Wu Zetian’s reign, your choices will steer the empire and forge your own unique destiny.
Why similar: Word Game 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Romance 6.5%
- #44 Sunlit remedy
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MygrationPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Sunlit remedy is a visual novelYou will meet a girl who belongs only to you, and through your long days together, you will find courage, companionship, and love—slowly stepping out of your room to embrace the bright sunlight outside. Come and date the girl who is most dear to you!
Why similar: Word Game 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, RPG 12.7%, Text-Based 6.7%
- #45 The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 西瓜恐龙Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife" is a sci-fi visual novel with a multi-threaded ensemble narrative. You are already dead— and yet, your journey has only just begun. Become a ghost. Step into a strange and dazzling world beyond life, and witness a tale where love and death entwine.
Why similar: Word Game 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, RPG 16.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 7.5%
- #46 Love in the Spotlight
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
A multi-storyline idol survival game where you play as a former idol leader returning as a rookie to reclaim your fame. Train skills, build relationships, and compete in performances to avoid elimination. With intense rankings, emotional plots, and multiple endings, create ultimate idol legend!
Why similar: Word Game 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, RPG 12%, Romance 7.4%
- #47 DeCoDiary.volume 1 起 ~ Atheohood
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 彼界岛Bronjland
Windows · Mac
"What is The Ritual?"—Senior 1 student Zi Xiaoying left her hometown and arrived at the School on Isle Island, moving into Gracirsium's House. Even before settling in, she heard about esoterica and rituals on the island, and unexpectedly encountered a white-hair girl with an censer in the forest...
Why similar: Word Game 41.5%, RPG 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #48 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
68% matchMixed59% of 8,400 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Word Game 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Romance 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Mystery 7.1%
- #49 Shanghai Summer
70% matchVery Positive90% of 450 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Word Game 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Romance 9.9%, Mystery 7.2%
- #50 NOeSIS Ⅱ-人间无常「重置版」
70% matchVery Positive98% of 205 reviews2023
Dev: Red × Balloon
Windows · Linux
In order to pay off the loan, the protagonist and childhood sweetheart work together to clean up the lonely death. After meeting the girl who claims to be the incarnation of the firefly, the protagonist quietly changes.
Why similar: Word Game 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Romance 9.7%, Gore 7.8%
- #51 不和我推谈恋爱就会死?!
69% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: 叁鬼工作室
Windows
不和我推恋爱就会死?!
Why similar: Word Game 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 9.8%, RPG 8.1%
- #52 蛆虫的幸福:腐甲病
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 君羊
Windows
This work is a side-story AVG of Worms' Happiness. You can read the text by clicking the left mouse button, scrolling the mouse wheel, pressing the spacebar, or other such methods. One afternoon, you will start this short half-day story as the head of the volleyball club.
Why similar: Word Game 36.7%, RPG 16%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
- #53 Dragon Raja the farewell passage
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Escaping across Japan with Kagari Eri on a "grand flight toward sunlight" to forge their shared fate. This multi-choice/multi-ending game adapts the original storyline while letting players rewrite its tragic conclusion for a better outcome – fulfilling fans' decade-long wish.
Why similar: Word Game 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, RPG 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Romance 7.4%
- #54 流光易逝的夏末 - Fleeting Summer's End
68% matchVery Positive99% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: 柚原堂
Windows · Mac
Fleeting Summer's End is a small game of ADV. It is in the remote countryside of Teoswa area, China, in August. Deng Ainyang, who was Born and grew up in the metropolis(Shenzhen), followed her parents back to Teoswa. In Teoswa, Ainyang met Deng Kangsui and developed an intimate relationship with her
Why similar: Word Game 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 8.8%
- #55 幻境恋人-Fairy tale plan
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
A girl learned of the death of her father accidently, and as a result, she access to “FT”, the virtual reality project developed by her father. Half-brother, ambitious lawyer, hunting killers and mystery hackers..... Will she go back to the reality world safely?
Why similar: Word Game 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Romance 7.6%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #56 海伦的神迹
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Bereaved by the war, the heroine had been into sleep for three hundred years. After awakening, she lost her memory. What will happen in the new story? The fate of the heroine is in your hand...
Why similar: Word Game 36.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, RPG 17.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Text-Based 7.7%
- #57 立冬 LI Dong
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LIDONG
Windows
I gave up my original physics major after graduating from college in 2025 to engage in game development. Although I have experience, I lack funds and face other challenges, but we will not give up easily.This game is a text-based game, a galgame.
Why similar: Word Game 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Romance 15.2%, RPG 9.8%
- #58 童谣无忌
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Youki Fung
Windows
In 1998, journalist Gu Yao comes to Hongcha Valley after an anonymous letter. A nursery rhyme points to a chain of old murders. Explore scenes, question witnesses, and connect clues to separate truth from lies. Uncover a family secret buried for over twenty years.
Why similar: Word Game 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, RPG 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Anime 5.4%
- #59 Rewrite the Romance: The Golden Lotus
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Forest
Windows
古代重生题材文字冒险游戏,改编自小说《金瓶梅》。北宋政和年间,清河县出了一位大财主西门庆,风流倜傥,妻妾众多,却也在纸醉金迷中走向宿命终局。而如今,你化身西门庆,重来一世,命运的罗盘交到你手中。
Why similar: Word Game 35.4%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, RPG 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #60 staccato
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 一元夜宵
Windows
A story about "Listening" and "Choosing." After waking up in an unfamiliar place, "I" encounter a girl named ROSA. In an unfamiliar, empty era,Try to rediscover the world.
Why similar: Word Game 38.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, RPG 13%, Anime 4.7%