- #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 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Point & Click 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 11.3%
- #2 电脑进化史
96% 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 18.8%, CRPG 18.4%, Word Game 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #3 《道格拉斯警督的日记》
96% 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 18.4%, Word Game 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #4 Arclight of City
95% 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 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Artificial Intelligence 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #5 Robot's Fate: Alice
94% 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 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Artificial Intelligence 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #6 Alice Through the Fey Realm
94% matchVery Positive80% of 56 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 23.8%, Point & Click 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Exploration 8.3%
- #7 蛆虫的幸福:腐甲病
93% 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 29.3%, CRPG 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Drama 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #8 Cursed Realm
91% 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: Word Game 24.4%, CRPG 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Exploration 9%
- #9 归途
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 予落甘霖
Windows
一则普通的短篇故事。男主角陈越泽是个因为失败而对自己失望的普通公司职员。离开家乡后他毫无热情的在某个公司过着麻木的上班生活。某一天,因为身份证过期上级给他请了小长假。他在烦恼要不要久违的回一趟老家。
Why similar: Word Game 27.7%, CRPG 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Drama 9%
- #10 AI公寓:虚拟证言
90% 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 20.5%, Word Game 18.6%, CRPG 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10%
- #11 爱上幻影的少年
89% 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 33.4%, CRPG 26.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #12 Knight, Death and the Devil
89% 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 18.2%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%
- #13 花母·序
88% matchPositive93% of 42 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 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Drama 9.7%, Exploration 9.1%
- #14 OneOne
87% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Abyss Tech
Windows
一段探寻人类智能本质的逃亡之旅,基于现实世界观下的非幻想题材。在突如其来的变故下,一对父子踏上未知的旅途,颠沛于梦境与梦境的交界线,流离于自然智能与人造智能的变革浪潮之中。这场逃亡送给AI时代每一个勇敢活着的灵魂...
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 19.2%, Word Game 18%, Point & Click 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #15 Nobody Nowhere
86% matchVery Positive93% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: 深渊标记 Tag:hadal
Windows
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: Word Game 18.1%, Artificial Intelligence 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Drama 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #16 Ведьмы зов
86% 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 27.8%, Point & Click 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Investigation 10.4%, Exploration 8.9%
- #17 SiTAS: Somewhere in time and space
85% 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 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #18 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
84% matchNo user 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 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, RPG 7.2%
- #19 OneFlesh
84% 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: Word Game 25.1%, CRPG 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Exploration 9.2%
- #20 MyDearest.exe
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: workflowstd
Windows
MyDearest.exe is a visual novel about a virtual girl who pays a little too much attention to the user. A cute app blurs the line between the screen and reality, adapting to your decisions and leading to ambiguous endings.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 19.4%, CRPG 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Time Management 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #21 Transmission in Progress…
82% 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 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Point & Click 13.2%, Investigation 12.9%
- #22 Ice River
81% matchNo user reviews
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: Word Game 21%, Point & Click 21%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #23 Mystery Island:Missing Amy
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Word Game 20.2%, Point & Click 16.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #24 破月执行-The Broken Moon
82% 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 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Word Game 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, RPG 10.6%
- #25 Universe Has No Favorites
80% match6 user reviews100% of 6 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 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Exploration 9.7%
- #26 东北往事
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 二狗科技
Windows
Immersed in the turbulent "Tohoku" underworld epic of the 1980s, "Northeast Past" is a real-life interactive video game that combines hardcore underworld survival rules with multi-branching narratives, taking you to experience the underworld and get involved in the bloody fate of gang disputes.
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, CRPG 16.5%, Visual Novel 10%, RPG 9.2%
- #27 Detective Stories (Logical hardcore)
79% 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 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Investigation 13.6%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%
- #28 永恒地牢与刹那之恋
78% matchNo user reviews
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 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, RPG 8.4%
- #29 I live under your house.
77% matchVery Positive82% of 305 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 21.9%, Word Game 21.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #30 Fate of Kai
78% matchVery Positive92% of 225 reviews2021
Dev: TRYLIGHT GAME STUDIOPub: TheGamePublisher.com
Windows
Fate of Kai is a new kind of adventure. Explore different storylines, solve complex puzzles, travel through time and manipulate characters ideas to help Kai reach the castle. The game is set in a magical illustrated book, which you will have to master to reach the end of the story.
Why similar: Time Management 20.2%, Point & Click 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Adventure 9.9%
- #31 墨心:波云诡船
77% 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 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Investigation 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%
- #32 乌托邦之血 Blood of Utpia
76% 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 29.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, RPG 10.6%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #33 众星入海
74% matchNo user reviews
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 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, CRPG 10.3%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #34 迷子公路
74% 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 31.4%, Visual Novel 21%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, RPG 11.5%, Drama 9.9%
- #35 WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界
75% matchVery Positive93% of 5,446 reviews2017
Dev: WMY Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.
Why similar: Word Game 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Drama 9.8%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #36 草莓味儿Strawberry Flavor Sci-Fi
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 忘机工作室
Windows
A suspense and sci-fi visual novel with fundamentalist vibes. In a near-future world that may descend at any moment, you will step into the role of an "Ocular" to gradually unravel a series of covert plots and overt schemes interwoven with technological ethics and human nature.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 20.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Word Game 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #37 致过去破损的时光
75% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: yezipoier
Windows
《致过去破损的时光》是一款独特的像素风格纯剧情游戏。玩家扮演着拥有特殊使命的主角,开始调查一些奇怪的事件,最后发现令人惊奇的秘密,玩家将跟随主角的脚步,体验一段深刻而动人的故事。游戏通过精美的像素艺术,将玩家带入一个充满想象力的梦境空间,让玩家在探索剧情的同时,感受到视觉与心灵的双重震撼。这是一款感动的纯剧情游戏。我们诚挚邀请您踏入这个充满惊喜的故事,展开一段最过去的时光的寻找之旅。在这个世界里。
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, CRPG 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, RPG 10.4%
- #38 吾光笔记0受孕
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StaticSpring
Windows
《吾光笔记0受孕》将以覆灭与新生为主题,拓展延伸吾光笔记的世界观,为您讲述这个世界最初与最后的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Drama 12.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Exploration 6.7%
- #39 MysteryOS
71% match5 user reviews20% of 5 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 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Point & Click 18%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #40 Hotel Hermes
72% 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 21.4%, Point & Click 20.3%, Time Management 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Adventure 9.7%
- #41 彼岸之旅
73% 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 28.9%, Word Game 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Exploration 11.8%, RPG 6.8%
- #42 Urban Legend Hunters: Ghosts in the Circuit
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toii Games
Windows
To rescue her best friend Nyx, who's trapped in a digital world, a girl and her friends explore and solve puzzles in the mysterious alternate dimension "Mata." The game features a virtual community, multi-threaded reasoning, and 3D exploration, immersing you in the story.
Why similar: CRPG 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Drama 17.6%, Story Rich 15.5%, Adventure 9.2%
- #43 Detective Bureau
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Endless Thyme
Windows
Play as a detective and solve multiple cases by interrogating individuals tied to the case through voice-based conversations. Powered by generative AI, every individual responds with unique, context-driven replies, helping you piece together the evidence to crack the case.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 20.5%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Point & Click 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%
- #44 蜃境
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GOUXIANG TECH
Windows
"Shenjing" is a side-scrolling mystery game set in the Ming Dynasty. Players begin with an amnesiac identity and must investigate evidence, witness testimonies, and meticulously piece together clues to uncover the truth behind each case and determine whether the characters were involved.
Why similar: Word Game 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 13.9%, RPG 10.6%, Adventure 9.1%
- #45 MOBIUS BAND*
70% matchPositive92% of 39 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 26.2%, Artificial Intelligence 23%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #46 Exploring Friscott
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 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 20.7%, Point & Click 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Exploration 9.3%
- #47 推理小说的关键一定会出现两次
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReDeer
Windows
《推理小说的关键一定会出现两次》是一部以日常推理为核心的视觉小说。日常混沌纷乱,而“侦探”独具慧眼。带上你的好奇心吧,去和推理协会一同调查、思考,最终解开一个个轻松却不失有趣的日常之谜。
Why similar: Word Game 21.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Point & Click 11.9%, Drama 9.7%
- #48 赛博侦探:艾尔塔特
71% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: 认真玩工作室
Windows
《赛博侦探:艾尔塔特》是一款侦探推理游戏,当一个真相被揭开,更多的谜题接踵而来。游戏中你将扮演一个离家出走的贵族侦探塔特,与自己在一次案件中捡到的机器人一起利用“模拟辩论”系统与模拟出来的死者或嫌疑人人格进行辩论,最终找寻到游戏的真相。正式版游戏根目录中包含TXT攻略(名字乱码),如果需要跳过自我思考环节的玩家可以从中查看思考组合的源代码。
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 24.8%, Investigation 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, CRPG 11.3%
- #49 File Tricks
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows
"File Tricks" is a visual novel with puzzle solve. It is not only a test of logical thinking and observation, but also a reasoning feast full of suspense and reversal. You need to investigate the crime scene, collect evidence, confront the people involved and finally solve the case.
Why similar: Word Game 36.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, RPG 7.4%, Exploration 6.8%
- #50 Terraformental
66% matchVery Positive98% of 251 reviews2026
Dev: Shady Games
Windows · Mac
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Why similar: Time Management 26.2%, Nonlinear 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #51 花母
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2024
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 22.6%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Drama 11.6%
- #52 Interrogation Simulator
69% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Word Game 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Investigation 12%
- #53 morning
70% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: WANG ZI WENPub: 老王夜谭
Windows
This is a 2D game. Players operate the mouse, click to explore and obtain props, watch dialogue to advance the plot, and play the role of the protagonist alone in a house late at night, exploring daily and unfamiliar things, and unfolding the truth of her life.
Why similar: CRPG 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 13.1%, Drama 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #54 No Case Should Remain Unsolved
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,767 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: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Investigation 16.4%, Point & Click 16.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #55 Bishojo Mangekyo Ibun Snow Woman
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ωstarPub: Seikei Production
Windows
玩家将扮演在比武中惜败的武士,体验在深山修行的过程中,所发生的离奇且惊心动魄、却又感人至深的奇幻恋爱体验。
Why similar: Word Game 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Drama 9.7%, Adventure 9.3%
- #56 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 知行合一
Windows
欢迎来到温泉岛,我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗?那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落,那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说,那里是另一个世界,由贪婪,欲念构成的炼狱……最后,请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 28%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Drama 12.5%, Investigation 8.5%
- #57 I Feel Fine
67% 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 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #58 我的一个多重人格朋友
66% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Word Game 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Drama 11.8%, Investigation 10.3%