- #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: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #2 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
96% matchVery Positive99% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Survival Horror 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #3 Project Vostok: Episode 1
96% matchVery Positive83% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #4 End of Lines
95% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #5 The Descendant
94% matchVery Positive89% of 7,313 reviews2016
Dev: Gaming Corps ABPub: Microids Indie
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.
Why similar: Adventure 79.9%, Point & Click 7.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%, Choices Matter 2.6%, Story Rich 2.4%
- #6 Ashwalkers
94% 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: Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #7 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
93% matchVery Positive86% of 1,522 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Horror 19.6%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #8 Day Zero
92% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Imdie Studios
Windows
Can you survive a zombie apocalypse? Day Zero is a text-based survival game where choices determine fate and ethical and moral decisions matter. Every choice shapes the story. Are you ready to test your limits in a zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20%, Zombies 15.3%, Choices Matter 15%, Horror 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #9 Matsuro Palette
91% matchVery Positive99% of 377 reviews2020
Dev: SleepingMuseumPub: KEMCO
Windows
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #10 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
91% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Thriller 11.4%
- #11 Ascension: Transition and Silver
89% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: SulMatul
Windows · Linux
Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #12 Z-End
90% 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 82.4%, Adventure 17.6%
- #13 For Mother Matron
88% 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: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #14 Midnight Witch
87% matchVery Positive92% of 357 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Thriller 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #15 Apocalipsis
89% 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: Point & Click 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Horror 17%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #16 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
86% matchPositive92% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Nico HPub: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #17 SIMULACRA
86% matchVery Positive90% of 4,658 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 13.1%, Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #18 Everything Ends In 0
84% matchVery Positive94% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: findaeden
Windows
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Mystery 12%, Horror 11.4%
- #19 Last Broadcast
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
Windows
An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #20 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
84% matchVery Positive83% of 18,401 reviews2016
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
Why similar: Zombies 19.9%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Point & Click 9%
- #21 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
81% matchVery Positive95% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Thriller 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #22 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
82% 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: Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Point & Click 24.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Mystery 8.8%, Survival 6.3%
- #23 ICY: Frostbite Edition
83% 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: Interactive Fiction 33.6%, Visual Novel 21%, Survival 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #24 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
81% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Herbig
Windows · Mac
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Mystery 23.8%, Story Rich 9.4%, 2D 4.4%
- #25 BAD END
82% matchVery Positive83% of 398 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Horror 13.1%
- #26 The Price Of Flesh
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,118 reviews2022
Dev: Gatobob
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.
Why similar: Survival Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #27 Pink Noise
79% matchVery Positive87% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Point & Click 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #28 You Will (Not) Remain
78% matchVery Positive92% of 2,547 reviews2022
Dev: Bedtime PhobiasPub: No way, we're indie baby of course we don't have a publisher
Windows
You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Point & Click 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
- #29 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: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #30 Nocturnals
76% matchVery Positive87% of 916 reviews2024
Dev: Cowboy Toad Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, choose your own adventure game about two boys that find each other in a lonely, post-apocalyptic town.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Horror 12.9%
- #31 Neve
75% 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: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Point & Click 11.5%, Thriller 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #32 Something Strange
77% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.2%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 22.6%, 2D 9.1%, Adventure 2.7%
- #33 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,084 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #34 SubZero
71% matchVery Positive93% of 2,950 reviews2026
Dev: Joy Media LimitedPub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
A frozen apocalypse. Three unique survivors join you. Lead them through the icy wasteland! Zombie whispers, blizzards blur morality... Hope or doom? The fateful die burns in your grip.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Zombies 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%
- #35 The Imagined Leviathan: Prologue
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 16.1%, Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.6%
- #36 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
74% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Point & Click 10.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #37 Nightmare Zapping
74% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Horror 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Point & Click 13%, Psychological Horror 12.1%
- #38 While We Wait Here
72% 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 17.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Horror 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
- #39 Train of Afterlife
78% 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 39.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Mystery 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #40 my eyes deceive
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 908 reviews2024
Dev: nouhidev
Windows
Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #41 SafeZoneVR
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Frame Development
Windows
SafeZoneVR is an interactive survival psychological horror game utilizing next-gen graphics. You will scavenge the map trying to escape a fallen SafeZone. Hide, scavenge, survive, and escape a fallen SafeZone fleeing to the tunnels, you might just meet a friend along the way.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Horror 13.5%, Mystery 13.3%
- #42 Perseverance: Part 1
73% 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 20.4%, Zombies 17.4%, Horror 16%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Mystery 8.3%
- #43 Last Message
71% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2021
Dev: JamesGamesNZ
Windows
Use an in-game computer to chat with friends to stay connected and help each other. Explore your 'empty' apartment building for items to assist them and uncover lost messages.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Zombies 19.1%, Thriller 18.3%, Horror 17.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #44 Knell of St. Godhrkar
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,565 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Immersive Sim 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Story Rich 10.4%, Mystery 9%
- #45 Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever
69% matchVery Positive99% of 394 reviews2021
Dev: Denny TruongPub: 90% Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
One thousand zombies from the massacre of Hachiko High are crashing Olive's birthday party! Trapped in the Grimalkin Estate they'll have to unravel the mystery behind the zombies, all while making sure their friends are having the Purrfect Apawcalypse!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Zombies 10.8%
- #46 12 Hours to Die
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.1%, Mystery 28.9%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Survival 5.9%, Adventure 5.3%
- #47 Seven Mysteries: The Last Page
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: Sang Hendrix
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror RPG about a group of friends who unintentionally become bound together after encountering 7 curses from a school.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.8%
- #48 Human Apocalypse: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new virus is turning people into brain eating machines, etc. You know the rest. A cure has been found and all the infected people are now normal humans again. What is the problem then? Their skin color is still green. Play as an Ex-Zombie.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.4%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Mystery 17.2%, Zombies 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #49 Fragments of Dread - False Haven
66% matchVery Positive91% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Thriller 15.3%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 13.7%
- #50 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,615 reviews2015
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Why similar: Point & Click 45.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Mystery 8.6%, Horror 6.9%
- #51 Mothmen 1966
68% matchVery Positive91% of 321 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Thriller 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #52 Hira Hira Hihiru
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 932 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #53 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
70% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 11%
- #54 Survivor's guilt
67% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
A great earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 occurred. The day when rescue arrives is unknown. Make full use of your smart phone and the supplies you have left, and continue to fight against the hunger and fear that is attacking you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Immersive Sim 14%, Point & Click 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #55 Town of Dusk
67% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%
- #56 Survivor Strain - Season 1
63% matchVery Positive96% of 307 reviews2026
Dev: Mr. Baker
Windows
In this story-focused adult visual novel you will try to survive and adapt to the new world, creating and protecting your faction of survivors in this new world. Fight the infected, experience romance, fight other factions, and protect your group.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Zombies 18.4%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Survival 9.2%
- #57 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
65% matchVery Positive90% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Horror 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Psychological Horror 13.3%
- #58 MAMIYA
66% matchVery Positive91% of 496 reviews2021
Dev: Kenkou LandPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Horror 11.6%, Mystery 11.3%
- #59 Mars Underground
68% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows · Linux
Mars Underground is an apocalyptic adventure where you relive the same day over and over. With each cycle new items can be picked up and topics unlocked. Explore the possibilities of this timeloop and uncover multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 51.7%, Adventure 17.7%, Story Rich 16.9%, 2D 13.7%