- #1 Package
97% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Indi Drakosha
Windows
This fan game is based on the lore of the character 'Anna Amur Tiger'. In this game you have to deliver a package to Anna! Find out where the tiger is hiding! Deliver the package and don't stop until you succeed. Remember, nothing is what it seems...
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 20.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Point & Click 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Investigation 10.7%
- #2 Robot's Fate: Alice
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: CRPG 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Artificial Intelligence 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #3 Strawberry Flavor Sci-Fi
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 忘机工作室Pub: Sisosinc
Windows
Like strawberries? If they went extinct, how would we find their taste again? This fundamentalist suspense & sci-fi visual novel lets you step into the shoes of an Ocular to unravel a series of conspiracies woven from tech ethics and human nature in a near-future world that could arrive anytime.
Why similar: Word Game 19.6%, Artificial Intelligence 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #4 《道格拉斯警督的日记》
95% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 日食网络 solar eclipse studioPub: 日食网络
Windows
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: CRPG 19.3%, Word Game 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #5 Alice Through the Fey Realm
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Mirrored CookiesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Alice Through the Fey Realm is an enchanting isometric narrative adventure that puts you into the shoes of Alice. A compelling adventure unfolds as you awaken in the mysterious Fey Realm and embark on a quest to discover the key to your journey home.
Why similar: CRPG 23.4%, Point & Click 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 8.1%
- #6 I Feel Fine
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secret Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
The meteorite will hit your space station in 3 days, and you’re bolted to the floor. Can you convince someone to free you? Meet, persuade, and escape certain doom with a large cast of characters in this bittersweet and hilarious adventure game!
Why similar: Time Management 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #7 Knight, Death and the Devil
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frequency eye
Windows
Knight, Death and the Devil — This is a dark visual novel that will take you into a creepy world full of danger and unexpected twists.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Point & Click 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #8 Arclight of City
92% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Arrebol studio
Windows · Mac
in the future, the crime rate of the city was high. The increase in the rate of crime had brought huge costs to the prison and the discipline system, and a large number of criminals would commit crimes again not long after they were released.Until someone proposed the "prison city"
Why similar: Word Game 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Artificial Intelligence 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #9 Transmission in Progress…
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinicats
Windows
Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.
Why similar: Time Management 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Point & Click 12.6%, Investigation 12.3%
- #10 Ведьмы зов
91% matchMixed59% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: STuNT
Windows
And now he is forced to spend three nights at her coffin, fighting not only for his life, but also for the remnants of sanity. This visual novel in the best traditions of black humor and mystical horror
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Point & Click 17.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Investigation 10.2%, Exploration 8.7%
- #11 OneFlesh
89% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 唯一魔法制作委员会
Windows
The "OneFlesh" is an exploration-driven RPG. Players explore the town to obtain clues, present clues to the people in the town to advance the story, and finally discover the truth behind the events that the male and female protagonists have encountered.
Why similar: CRPG 24.2%, Word Game 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Exploration 8.9%
- #12 墨心:波云诡船
90% matchVery Positive90% of 1,395 reviews2020
Dev: 1001 Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主(你)从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆,发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异,恐怖致命的巨型怪物,你们能否成功逃脱?而这超自然的现象,似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Word Game 14.7%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #13 Chrongrid
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chrongrid Studio
Windows
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Artificial Intelligence 15.2%, Word Game 14.8%, Nonlinear 14.6%
- #14 爱上幻影的少年
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MOMONEETA
Windows
Basically, it's a combination of a cyberpunk story that lacks cyberpunk style and a post-apocalyptic story that lacks a post-apocalyptic flavor, which contains the author's dream talk, special hobbies, and other nonsense...Not recommended for anyone to read.
Why similar: Word Game 33.1%, CRPG 26.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #15 SiTAS: Somewhere in time and space
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 6Magic Lab
Windows · Mac
Step into Farra’s shoes and begin a journey only you can understand. Collect topics, connect with others, and try to stop them from falling into the unknown. In a seemingly endless loop, move toward a fate waiting to be understood — and find yourself again.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.8%, Word Game 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #16 I live under your house.
86% matchVery Positive81% of 317 reviews2022
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
You are a monster under someone's house.
Why similar: CRPG 21.1%, Word Game 20.1%, Point & Click 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #17 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
86% matchPositive80% of 15 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 19.9%, CRPG 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #18 The Echo of MeMe-For You Adrift in the Sea of Reveries
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 宇宙兔工作室
Windows
Welcome to the Meme Space—a dream of scattered fragments. Cross the plains, descend to the deep-sea city, link time, and ride to the Silver River. A denpa-style roaming text adventure, made for you.
Why similar: Word Game 26.5%, Point & Click 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, RPG 7.5%
- #19 破月执行-The Broken Moon
85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
The Broken Moon Execution is a text-based fast-passing supernatural puzzle game. Game play is diverse, players need to explore through the map, collect various clues to solve the mystery, and gradually understand the truth of the collapse of "Samle" ......
Why similar: CRPG 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Word Game 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, RPG 10.4%
- #20 Detective Stories (Logical hardcore)
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KreizLand Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hardcode logical detective game. Only a few clues will help finding murderer. Was it just an accident or a murder? Thief broke in to steal something? Money? Or was it just a broken heart revenge? Well, you`ve got a chance to solve this case...
Why similar: CRPG 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 13%, Nonlinear 11%, Exploration 9%
- #21 电脑进化史
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 大幻想家
Windows
Realistic and touching text games, postgraduate entrance exams, job hunting, revising papers, and graduation travel. In the game, you will play the role of a 2022 college graduate to experience the story of the last 60 days of your senior year.
Why similar: Time Management 20.5%, CRPG 20.3%, Word Game 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #22 Hotel Hermes
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adjective Noun Studios
Windows · Linux
Become a mailroom operator at Hotel Hermes and navigate an ancient mail system to deliver parcels on time. Learn about the hotel's guests and staff in this puzzle role-playing game, where your actions can alter the world. Hopefully for the best!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Point & Click 19.4%, Time Management 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Adventure 9.5%
- #23 只属于我们的世界 ONLY WORLD
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 神光源君
Windows
With the emergence of the Dark Witch, the familiar daily routine is shattered one by one. Countless man-eating monsters swarm out from the Dark Rift. Whether to take up arms and resist to the end in order to protect everything you cherish, or to escape from all this, it all depends on your choice!
Why similar: Word Game 27.4%, CRPG 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, RPG 9.1%
- #24 Betrayed
81% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Joraell
Windows
Betrayed is erotic game that focuses on the main storyline. The player's choices throughout the game will influence the direction of the story. In addition to the main storyline, the game also features side quests, hidden scenes, and bonus content.
Why similar: CRPG 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Time Management 13.2%
- #25 Cold Bed on Route
80% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Old Retina Museum
Windows · Linux
"Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.
Why similar: Time Management 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #26 Exploring Friscott
79% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Point & Click 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Exploration 8.9%
- #27 Among Us Story: On Guard
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Innersloth
Windows · Mac
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Point & Click 15.6%, Investigation 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #28 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #29 Ice River
77% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: 漂流獭工作室
Windows
Ice River is a point-and-click story-driven adventure game set in late 1990s in northeastern China. Players will immerge into Jiangping, which inspired by Shenyang and Changchun, gradually uncover the truth behind the disappearance of Dun’s mother.
Why similar: Point & Click 21%, Word Game 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #30 图灵证言
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Why_Studio
Windows
“Turing's Testimony” is a romance simulation and mystery-solving game that deeply integrates AI technology, with character behavior and plot development entirely driven by AI agents. The player, along with a group of strangers, is forcibly drawn into a closed-off social experiment.
Why similar: Word Game 23%, CRPG 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Exploration 7.5%
- #31 Universe Has No Favorites
77% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Exploration 9.7%
- #32 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
76% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Investigation 9.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #33 Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,983 reviews2021
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.3 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 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Investigation 15%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #34 True Magician
75% 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: CRPG 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #35 DreamForge
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreamForge Games Corporation
Windows
DreamForge is an AI-powered gaming platform where you create, play, and share highly personalized story adventure games. Design games, shape characters, and explore unique stories created by you and your friends.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 35.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Point & Click 18.6%, Adventure 7.5%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #36 SOLEN
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #37 夏日重奏
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 俺们寻思工作室
Windows · Mac
夏日重奏 is a visual novel RPG in which you play as a seemingly ordinary high school student. In order to reclaim a once-lost dream of music, you will strive to improve yourself, search for teammates, spark new chemistry with your companions, and ultimately decide both your own future and theirs.
Why similar: Word Game 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Story Rich 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #38 花母·序
73% 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 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Exploration 9.8%, RPG 7.8%
- #39 Protocol Endfall
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Brick Studio
Windows
You are the captain of a space ship lost in time and space. You receive an order for delivery of a special cargo from an organization that has been considered destroyed for hundreds of years. What are your next steps?
Why similar: CRPG 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Investigation 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #40 After the Hero
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SmogGames
Windows
The Dark Lord is dead. The Hero left. Now you must govern the aftermath: refugees, broken roads, unemployed orcs, cursed land, noble outrage, and a budget that whimpers. A political management satire about cleaning up after destiny.
Why similar: CRPG 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, RPG 13.5%, Exploration 11.1%
- #41 AI公寓:虚拟证言
72% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: IntelliPlay
Windows
《虚拟证言》是一款AI剧本杀游戏。在游戏中,您将扮演一位侦探,前往六号公寓调查一起谋杀案件,案件的嫌疑人是5位AI-NPC。侦探需要搜集房间中的线索,联想案件经过,盘问嫌疑人获取案件的相关信息,复盘出完整的案发过程,找出真凶!
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21.6%, Word Game 19.7%, CRPG 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #42 Cursed Realm
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CapPlay
Windows · Mac
In Cursed Realm, you play as an adventurer in search of mystical rune stones to lift a realm's curse. Your main task involves traveling, gathering clues, and winning the trust of NPCs. A journey full of challenges and uncertainties awaits. Are you ready?
Why similar: CRPG 24.7%, Word Game 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Exploration 9.1%
- #43 彼岸之旅
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Eyes
Windows
Travels to a different world, chooses to join different forces, made your character strong, defeat all enemies who stand against you
Why similar: CRPG 29.1%, Word Game 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Exploration 11.8%, RPG 6.8%
- #44 MysteryOS
70% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Clermont Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Point & Click 17.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #45 永恒地牢与刹那之恋
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zeros
Windows
《永恒地牢与刹那之恋》是基于AI实时推演的动态叙事AVG。在这个视觉小说内,输入你独一无二的选择生成新的世界线与游戏CG。
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, RPG 8.8%
- #46 Choose Your Own Alternative
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: CRPG 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 8.6%
- #47 Devils
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francesco Cabbai
Windows
Your soul is on the line. Manage devils, manipulate fate through dice-based negotiations, and make soul deals in a Barcelona narrative strategy game about debt, temptation, and survival.
Why similar: Time Management 22.9%, Point & Click 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%
- #48 Sergeant Squidley: Space Cop!
70% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Ninjaconor
Windows
There's been a murder in Moontropolis, and it's up to Sergeant Squidley to solve it! In this retro roleplaying/adventure hybrid, you’ll spend a week as Squidley trying to crack the case. But between family troubles and saxophone practice will you even find the time for detective work?
Why similar: Nonlinear 16.4%, Time Management 16.1%, Point & Click 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #49 DEAR SUSPECT
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELEGISTS STUDIO
Windows
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 17.4%, Word Game 17.3%, RPG 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #50 Unrest
73% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2014
Dev: Pyrodactyl
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.
Why similar: CRPG 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Point & Click 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #51 Midline '85
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nadsat
Windows
Midline ‘85 is an interactive thriller about the tough work of an emergency service operator. Face panic, horror and human cruelty, break rules and observe the consequences. Save Midline — or let the city burn.
Why similar: Word Game 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Point & Click 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #52 Unscriptum
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Habenula Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unscriptum is a world generator that uses AI to turn your ideas into playable story campaigns. Create a world, set its rules, then play through the story that grows from them.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 33.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, RPG 9.3%, Point & Click 9%
- #53 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
65% matchPositive100% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, RPG 7.6%
- #54 life: Start To Return
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salutations=System
Windows · Mac
Live an 'ordinary life' as a game programmer. Go to work, pay your rent, and make time for yourself in your free time. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Time Management 26.1%, Point & Click 20.2%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #55 Serania - Path of the Scion
67% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Story Rich 9%
- #56 No Case Should Remain Unsolved
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,281 reviews2024
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Point & Click 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #57 MOBIUS BAND*
66% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Irregulars
Windows
Mobius band * is a novella visual novel game. In such an era, everyone is powerless to care for others. Under the skin of prosperous civilization, it is a veritable hell. In the war that has not yet subsided, how will they choose in the end——
Why similar: Word Game 26.1%, Artificial Intelligence 22.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #58 Lavender Dream
66% match9 user reviews40% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Vorh Games
Windows
A text-based visual game with a non-linear plot where every decision shapes the story. AI-driven characters engage in lifelike dialogues, each with unique motivations and hidden intentions you can uncover. The story’s outcome is in your hands.
Why similar: Word Game 26.8%, Artificial Intelligence 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8%