- #1 First Crusader
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ferhat
Windows
Determine the fate of the Crusaders in this history-based visual novel game. Be the leader of the Christians or the leader of the Turks. Choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. You will change the history of this Crusade.
Why similar: Narrative 20.1% ★, Historical 14.9%, Alternate History 14.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #2 Svoboda 1945: Liberation
96% matchVery Positive98% of 185 reviews2021
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
Why similar: World War II 21.8% ★, Narrative 15.6% ★, Historical 11.6%, War 10.1%, Cinematic 10.1%
- #3 Survive, Resist, Collaborate - a World War 2 Choice-Based Story
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Asterism Games
Windows
A fully narrated branching narrative game set in occupied Netherlands during World War 2. Every choice shapes the fate of a young Dutch civilian. Will you resist the Germans? Simply try to survive? Or join them in the fight against Bolshevism? Based on real events.
Why similar: World War II 34.3% ★, Text-Based 12.9%, Historical 12.9%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #4 Letters from the War
95% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: Etrurian Games
Windows
Modern reimagining of text adventure games with a new gameplay and multiple endings. Censor letters coming from soldiers at the front and make the history of your nation.
Why similar: World War II 35.4% ★, Text-Based 18%, Historical 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #5 The Mystery Mist
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WolfSmokeStudiosPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
In this world, deadly toxic mist is everywhere. The protagonist, Yaqing, becomes an apprentice to a physician skilled in using insects to save his sister, who has been poisoned by the mist. As the story progresses, he finds himself entangled in a tense racial conflict…
Why similar: Alternate History 18.9%, Drama 12.9%, Historical 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Romance 8.6%
- #6 Fatherhood
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Persis PlayPub: Paiband Game Studio
Windows
Play a 2.5D side-scrolling war adventure as a single father protecting his blind daughter. Navigate through dangers, sacrificing everything to keep her safe. Every choice matters—use the hugging mechanic to appease Asma, discover multiple endings, and solve puzzles in this emotional war story.
Why similar: Narrative 27.6% ★, War 13.3%, Cinematic 12.7%, Drama 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #7 Hollow Home
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Twigames Inc.Pub: Galaktus
Windows
Hollow Home is an isometric narrative RPG, told from the perspective of a teenager trapped inside an occupied city. Learn survival skills, build relationships, and face tough choices as each passing day brings new tragedies and destruction to your childhood home.
Why similar: Narrative 27.4% ★, War 14.9%, Historical 11.1%, Drama 10.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #8 When We Disappear
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inlusio Interactive
Windows · Mac
WHEN WE DISAPPEAR is a 3D visual novel adventure set during the Second World War. Collect memories from the past and use them to help Hannah escape across tormented Europe with the help of resistance fighters and unsung heroes of the past.
Why similar: World War II 31.4% ★, Narrative 20.7% ★, Historical 15.6%, Drama 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #9 Silent Trip: Until We Meet
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOGIC - Bawang Studio
Windows
A story-rich interactive fiction about two people who find comfort in each other, and the quiet things they never say out loud.
Why similar: Narrative 16.9% ★, Cinematic 12.7%, Drama 12.7%, Romance 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #10 Soviet Soldier
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Go Up Gaming
Windows
Experience history from the perspective of the Red Army in this story-driven FPS game. Make choices that will affect your comrades and the entire world. Fight in historical battles where you put down insurgents, eliminate enemies, and defend the motherland. The fate of the USSR rests in your hands.
Why similar: World War II 39.7% ★, Historical 14.2%, Alternate History 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%, War 7.9%
- #11 Sinking The Boats
90% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 孟夏MengxiaPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: World War II 30.6% ★, Historical 13.7%, Drama 10.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #12 Raid on Taihoku
89% matchVery Positive82% of 193 reviews2023
Dev: Mizoriot Creative Company LTD.Pub: Loftstar Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Raid On Taihoku is an adventure game with the backdrop of WW2 Taiwan. By controlling the characters pass through different danger and safe zones, you will experience the struggles of human nature and cruelty of war.
Why similar: World War II 27.8% ★, Historical 19%, War 17.9%, Drama 10.3%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #13 Undying Symphony
89% matchVery Positive84% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: Siberian Koala
Windows
«Undying Symphony» tells a story about challenges that Leningrad people faced during the Siege and shows us one of the most tragic episodes of Leningrad history
Why similar: World War II 44.8% ★, Historical 21.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Story Rich 7.7%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #14 13 Germinal
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Barricades
Windows
A historical and narrative RPG set in the world of Emile Zola's novel. You are a young man in 1866, forced to work deep in the mines to survive. But every day, the work gets harder and the meals get smaller. Organize a strike, reignite the smoldering revolt, and try to change this unjust world.
Why similar: Historical 22.6%, Text-Based 20.5%, Narrative 14.1% ★, RPG 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%
- #15 Wandering Duelist
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Alex Gerassimov
Windows
The Wandering Duelist is a single-player, narrative-driven adventure game that tells a story of love, conflict and reckless actions. The story takes place on a small and lively planet, where its residents carry on their daily activities that often pose dangers and obstacles for the player.
Why similar: Narrative 53.1% ★, Romance 12.7%, Drama 8.7%, Story Rich 7.2%, Choices Matter 7%
- #16 Ukraine War Stories
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,079 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: War 17.3%, Historical 16.3%, Text-Based 14%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #17 September 19
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: My Dots
Windows
September 19 is a visual novel with a deep storyline, a dark atmosphere, and complex moral choices. After being betrayed by your father, you find yourself in a world full of secrets, monsters, and people you can’t trust.
Why similar: Cinematic 15.7%, Romance 14.1%, Drama 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #18 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
84% matchVery Positive91% of 132 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Narrative 25.9% ★, Text-Based 14.3%, Romance 13%, Drama 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #19 We Grew Up in War
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac
We Grew Up in War is a powerful testimony based on real stories of children who lived through wars in Ukraine and Bosnia. Experience their world shaped by fear and imagination and witness their memories in all their raw, haunting truth.
Why similar: Narrative 23.5% ★, War 18.7%, Historical 14%, Drama 11.4%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #20 Warrior Paint - 2005 GOTY Edition
83% matchVery Positive84% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: W0nnaFight
Windows
Warrior Paint redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldier fighting through epic WWII conflict.
Why similar: World War II 43.8% ★, Historical 18.8%, Cinematic 15.4%, War 12%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #21 The Great Sassanelli – An Interactive Novel
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forking Paths Gardening InteractivePub: DigiTales Interactive
Windows · Mac
A war of unseen ferocity is ravaging the continent. You, ringmaster dilettante, must keep the circus afloat. Travel, entertain, and keep the troupe’s spirits up while trying to find a mythical safe haven to last out the storm in this beautifully illustrated, text-based narrative adventure.
Why similar: Narrative 23.9% ★, Text-Based 12.9%, Historical 12.1%, War 11%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #22 A War of a Madman's Making
81% matchVery Positive96% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: War 16.7%, Historical 16.4%, Text-Based 14.1%, Alternate History 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #23 Pechka: Historical Story Adventure
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Growing Seeds
Windows
This game portrays the tragic history of war in a 2D adventure format, set against real events. It provides a realistic experience, encompassing themes of betrayal, death, and love, while also offering multiple endings driven by player choices. Discover the impact of this era's tragedy firsthand.
Why similar: Narrative 28% ★, Historical 16.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Drama 9.5%
- #24 Revolution Diabolique
81% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unlock diabolical magic in the time of Napoleon and Robespierre! Can you direct the course of the Revolution, or will you lose your head?
Why similar: Alternate History 19.5%, Text-Based 18.7%, Historical 16.5%, RPG 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #25 沉舟:序章
79% match5 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: 孟夏MengxiaPub: 糕薯科技
Windows · Mac
Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: World War II 34.9% ★, Historical 17.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Drama 8.3%
- #26 轮回之理-MOBIUS THEORY
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: 乐谷游戏
Windows
《轮回之理》是一款爱情悬疑题材的互动影像游戏。主人公李未时是一个新闻记者,有一位相谈多年准备结婚的未婚妻赵倚蝶。一次偶然的机会,李未时得知三年前劈腿的初恋女友林见鹤落下残疾,而对方声明是因为被自己抛弃所以才出了车祸,落得如此下场。李未时心存疑虑展开调查,却被神秘组织绑入废弃物理实验室中,危急之时,李未时发现神秘组织和废弃的时间机器实验相关,情急之下启动时间机器,却不料自己因此卷入了一段爱恋与阴谋的轮回纠缠之旅。 ■官方q群:818146895 ■官方社区:B站 抖音 快手 微博 微信搜索:轮回之理官方
Why similar: Cinematic 23.1%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Romance 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Drama 12.3%
- #27 Solo
80% matchMixed69% of 129 reviews2018
Dev: Team Gotham
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Solo is an introspective puzzler set on a gorgeous and surreal archipelago. Reflect on your loving relationships by exploring contemplative, dream-like islands.
Why similar: Narrative 35.6% ★, Romance 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #28 Beautiful in Death
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A.W. Watkinson & Co
Windows
A first-person game with a focus on dialogue and historical accuracy, set in the Victorian Era. You will step into the shoes of a photographer with a stern mustache who specializes in post-mortem photography. The game is emotionally heavy, melancholic, and full of skeletons in the closet.
Why similar: Alternate History 24.4%, Historical 20.5%, Drama 19.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #29 Neighbors - A Visual Novel
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amateur Studio
Windows
Know your neighbors. Find the truth. Betray them. Experience the nightmare of the Salem Witch Trials in this horror story based on true events.
Why similar: Historical 27.3%, Drama 16.2%, Romance 16%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #30 Love vs Lust: The story of a Gigolo
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Tease
Windows · Mac · Linux
Becoming a gigolo seemed like the perfect gig, until one seductive contract pulled you into a web of lies, manipulation, and power. Years later, you're free… or so you think. A ghost from your past is back, and she wants you working for her again.
Why similar: Narrative 20.7% ★, Romance 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Cinematic 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #31 穿越日记
75% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 娃哈哈哈 WaHa Works
Windows · Mac
《穿越日记》是一款沉浸式互动剧情游戏,玩家将扮演一名穿越入盛世皇城的现代女性,亲历宫廷风云与权谋博弈。通过选择不同剧情分支,推动故事走向多个结局,体验细腻的人物情感与复杂的人心博弈。支持单人离线游玩,适用于 Windows 和 macOS 平台,适合喜爱剧情向、宫廷题材及互动叙事体验的玩家。
Why similar: Alternate History 18.2%, Historical 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Drama 9.6%
- #32 The Play's the Thing
77% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Win fame as a playwright before dark forces bring the curtain down for good! In a city stalked by a deadly curse, how will the power of your pen change the world?
Why similar: Alternate History 18.7%, Historical 16.3%, Text-Based 14.8%, Romance 13%, Drama 10.3%
- #33 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
76% matchVery Positive96% of 189 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 286.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.2%, Romance 16.5%, Drama 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #34 Travelling At Night
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travelling At Night is a dialogue-driven choices-matter CRPG. In the myth-scarred Europe of a very alternate Cold War, a hollow man with a shattering secret forges new goals to fill the emptiness inside. Choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
Why similar: World War II 22.9% ★, Narrative 22.6% ★, Alternate History 14.4%, Text-Based 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #35 古代人生 Ancient Life
76% matchMixed48% of 157 reviews2021
Dev: Wingjoy Games
Windows
Ancient Life is a game that simulates the life of ancient people. The game contains various events that may have occurred in ancient times. Players can choose to farm, be an official, craftsman, be a hunter, be a merchant, and have different occupations.
Why similar: Historical 24.4%, Text-Based 19%, Drama 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Stylized 8.9%
- #36 Life is Strange Remastered
73% matchVery Positive91% of 9,009 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.7%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Narrative 13.2% ★, Romance 13.2%, Cinematic 11%
- #37 Gap Year
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mythical Voltage
Windows
Gap Year is a story-focused point & click adventure played through comic book panels that reconfigure as you explore Vera Novak’s one-bedroom apartment. Vera is a bright young scientist, but the arrival of an unexpected guest and a strange fixation with a cosmonaut may derail her academic pursuits.
Why similar: Narrative 28.8% ★, Cinematic 17.1%, Drama 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #38 Over the Alps
74% matchVery Positive88% of 243 reviews2020
Dev: Stave Studios
Windows · Mac
Over The Alps is a choices-matter narrative adventure game told through interactive postcards, sent from a secret agent to their handler, in 1930s Switzerland.
Why similar: World War II 35.8% ★, Choices Matter 16%, Text-Based 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #39 The End of an Actress
74% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical romance VN about a feckless queen and an impoverished revolutionary based on the life (and death) of Marie Antoinette. Your choices determine whether the capricious Queen Liliane loses her head... or her heart.
Why similar: Historical 23.4%, Romance 17.7%, Cinematic 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Drama 11.4%
- #40 Impartial
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamerlyst
Windows
Impartial is an intriguing short 2D narrative game where you take on the role as a conflict resolver - tasked with resolving moral dilemmas between the Police Force and Superheroes to fight crime in Neo-Victorian London.
Why similar: Narrative 27.3% ★, Alternate History 22.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #41 Upheaval
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Leone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Why similar: Narrative 28.3% ★, Text-Based 16%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Stylized 8.5%
- #42 Life is Strange: True Colors
72% matchVery Positive89% of 16,479 reviews2021
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Narrative 13.6% ★, Romance 12%, Cinematic 10.5%
- #43 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,603 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: War 19.8%, Historical 16.2%, Text-Based 13.3%, Romance 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #44 Dot's Home
71% matchVery Positive86% of 109 reviews2021
Dev: Weathered SweaterPub: Rise-Home Stories Project
Windows · Mac
DOT’S HOME is a single-player, 2D, narrative-driven video game that follows a young Black woman in Detroit living in her grandmother’s beloved home, as she travels through time to relive key moments in her family’s history where race, place, and home collide in difficult choices.
Why similar: Narrative 42.3% ★, Text-Based 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Alternate History 7.5%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #45 SAADINE
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KELP! Studios
Windows
What happens to a fish who can't swim? SAADINE is a surreal, whimsical, adventure RPG as a fish stuck in a corporate job. Explore magical worlds, meet different creatures, and remember— you always have a choice in who you are.
Why similar: Narrative 35.5% ★, Choices Matter 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15%, RPG 10%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #46 代号三国:龙起
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 玛奇阿朵互娱科技Pub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.
Why similar: Alternate History 13.5%, Romance 13.3%, Cinematic 11.9%, War 11%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #47 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Drama 14.3%, Historical 10%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #48 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
69% matchVery Positive84% of 3,927 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.4%, Romance 15.7%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Cinematic 11.5%, Drama 11.5%
- #49 War Mines: WW2
70% matchPositive86% of 49 reviews2021
Dev: Wild Pepper Games
Windows
The Allies need your help, take them through World War II in this supercharged story-driven of the classic Minesweeper. Solve minesweeper puzzles, find land, naval and anti-tank mines, and win the war!
Why similar: World War II 35.7% ★, Cinematic 17.7%, Historical 17.3%, War 11.6%, Stylized 5.9%
- #50 Letters of longing
67% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Break Bones
Windows
It's a first-person game in which you'll have to find your way around a decaying building to find the information you've been sent to find. But along the way you might find something else.
Why similar: Historical 23%, Cinematic 18.5%, War 13.6%, Romance 11.9%, Drama 9.6%
- #51 Date Z
68% matchMixed68% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Mass CreationPub: We Dig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Date Z" - a captivating mix of high school drama, romance, and mystery. As a transfer student, your challenge is to navigate relationships and secure a date by Friday to survive a deadly virus outbreak. Unravel the hidden secrets. Every choice you make counts.
Why similar: Narrative 27.3% ★, Text-Based 13.7%, Romance 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Immersive Sim 9.7%
- #52 SGS Winter War
70% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Winter War is the story of the Soviet onslaught on tiny Finland from November 1939 to March 1940, at the beginning of WW2. Can the Finns hold beyond the reasonable and receive the long awaited Allied intervention? Or will the Russian bear crush them and force them to lose their border lands?
Why similar: World War II 59.1% ★, Historical 15.5%, Alternate History 13%, War 9.1%, 2D 2%
- #53 My Little Dictator
69% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: WarGirl Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A satirical dark-comedy parody of WW2, featuring genderbent anime dictators and generals! A ridiculous visual novel with turn-based battles, decision branches based on player choices, romance, drama and lots of fun things to play and unlock...
Why similar: World War II 36.8% ★, Alternate History 17%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Romance 7.8%, War 7.3%
- #54 Phantasist
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 鬼馬雙蕉
Windows
Phantasist is a game about a boy living with social anxiety!
Why similar: Drama 16%, Cinematic 15.4%, Romance 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #55 Insects Awaken
66% matchVery Positive90% of 445 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Historical 20.8%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Drama 14.8%, RPG 11.4%
- #56 Adolf Hitler RPG: Last Minutes of the Millennium Empire
68% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Ekroth Ekronicus
Windows
Adolf Hitler RPG: Last Minutes of the Millennium Empire is a simple and short game where you get to put an end to the man who initiated World War II.
Why similar: World War II 39.5% ★, Historical 15.6%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%, RPG 6.3%
- #57 Since 1935
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HoHo Game Studio
Windows
This is an interactive narrative inspired by real events. Experience the untold story of an ordinary woman in contemporary China, blending heartfelt storytelling and light puzzles to explore resilience and humanity throughout her life journey.
Why similar: Narrative 31.6% ★, Historical 18.9%, War 16.5%, Drama 11.7%, Stylized 10.1%
- #58 Broken Lines
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 693 reviews2020
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: SuperGG.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.
Why similar: World War II 24.9% ★, War 21%, Historical 15.3%, Alternate History 15.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #59 名剑录:洪武天下 Legend of the Sword:Hongwu Age
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 飞雨工作室
Windows
一款融合历史、武侠、恋爱元素的角色扮演游戏。玩家扮演玄素山庄少庄主,游走于朝廷、义军、江湖之中,经历一系列事件,成就属于自己的一代传奇。在游戏中有多种结局,玩家需要合理安排时间和精力,学习技能,发展门派,整合江湖,结识好友,陪伴爱人,推动剧情,达成完美结局。
Why similar: Historical 27.4%, Drama 16.3%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, RPG 14.9%, Romance 8.8%