- #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 19.4% ★, Historical 14.8%, Alternate History 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #2 Svoboda 1945: Liberation
96% matchVery Positive98% of 190 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 22.4% ★, Narrative 15.6% ★, Historical 11.8%, War 10.3%, Cinematic 10.2%
- #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 34.6% ★, Historical 12.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #4 Letters from the War
95% matchPositive83% of 48 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 35.8% ★, Text-Based 17.7%, Historical 12.2%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #5 Ukraine War Stories
94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,080 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 17.1%, Historical 16.1%, Text-Based 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #6 A War of a Madman's Making
94% matchVery Positive96% of 109 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 15.5%, Historical 15.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Alternate History 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #7 The Great Sassanelli – An Interactive Novel
93% matchNo user reviews2026
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 22.1% ★, Text-Based 12%, Historical 11.4%, War 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #8 Sinking The Boats
91% matchVery Positive97% of 63 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 31.2% ★, Historical 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #9 Panzer Hearts - War Visual Novel
92% matchVery Positive82% of 135 reviews2018
Dev: HELYEES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Build the tanks, Date the girls, Choose your side. Live through the adventure and drama of an alternate universe World War 2.
Why similar: World War II 46.5% ★, Alternate History 18.6%, Historical 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Adventure 4.6%
- #10 The Mystery Mist
91% 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 21.9%, Historical 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Romance 9.9%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #11 Undying Symphony
90% matchVery Positive85% of 192 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 43.3% ★, Historical 20.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Story Rich 7.3%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #12 Soviet Soldier
89% 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 39.9% ★, Historical 14.2%, Alternate History 13.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%, War 8%
- #13 Fatherhood
89% 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 30% ★, War 14.9%, Cinematic 14.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #14 Reminiscence
88% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Ambling Alpaca Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the winter of 210 AD, the renowned genius strategist Zhōu Yú died of illness. Qiáo Qīng, his widowed concubine, reminisces on their bittersweet relationship while going through the belongs in their bedroom. The player's choices affect her sentiment, which in turn affects how the game ends.
Why similar: Historical 28.1%, Romance 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #15 Peter's Journey
87% matchMixed52% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamer StudioPub: Start Game
Windows
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Historical 18.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Romance 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 10%
- #16 Fire & Crown: A Romantic Tale of the Hundred Years' War
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IrisCrownStudioPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A historical visual novel about faith, power, and impossible love. Fire & Crown takes place during the Hundred Years’ War, where you must choose between duty and desire as France tears itself apart. Be the reason someone lives—or dies. History may have never loved anyone, but you still might.
Why similar: Alternate History 16.4%, Historical 15.1%, Romance 10.5%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #17 13 Germinal
85% matchNo user reviews2027
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 22.9%, Text-Based 20.4%, Narrative 13.9% ★, RPG 13.6%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
- #18 September 19
84% 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 16.2%, Romance 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #19 Over the Alps
84% matchVery Positive89% of 249 reviews2020
Dev: Stave StudiosPub: Tributary Games
Windows · Mac
A choices-matter spy thriller told through interactive postcards. Play a secret agent racing across 1930s Switzerland, sending coded reports to your handler. Charm, deceive or strong-arm your way through a Hitchcockian tale where every choice shapes the story.
Why similar: World War II 34% ★, Choices Matter 14.9%, Text-Based 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #20 Warrior Paint - 2005 GOTY Edition
83% matchVery Positive84% of 101 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 44% ★, Historical 18.8%, Cinematic 15.2%, War 12%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #21 隐梦交织
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Millennium NocturnesPub: Wise Games
Windows
《Interwoven Dream》 is a Victorian-era visual novel with multiple POVs. In 1884 London, four friends reunite after a string of disappearances, each with their own motives. Together, they dive into the city's darkest secrets, where dreams and reality blur.
Why similar: Alternate History 24.3%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Historical 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, RPG 10.9%
- #22 Reborn
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Narrative 27.8% ★, Text-Based 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choices Matter 14%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #23 When We Disappear
81% 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 32.7% ★, Narrative 20.9% ★, Historical 16.1%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #24 穿越日记
81% 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 18.1%, Historical 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #25 Love vs Lust: The story of a Gigolo
79% match7 user reviews92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Tease
Windows · Mac · Linux
Becoming a gigolo seemed like the perfect gig, until one seductive contract pulled you into something far more complicated than expected. Years later, you're free again... or so you think. A ghost from your past has resurfaced, and this time, she’s here to remind you that there’s no escaping her.
Why similar: Narrative 19.2% ★, Romance 15.5%, Choices Matter 13%, Visual Novel 11%, Cinematic 10%
- #26 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
80% matchVery Positive90% 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 26.5% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Romance 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #27 FURRY HITLER 2
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Furry Tails
Windows
Delve into the mysterious atmosphere of 1940s Germany in the visual novel Furry Hitler 2. You'll immerse yourself in a flurry of events surrounding Adolf Hitler, who travels to a small town near Munich to personally check on military affairs.
Why similar: World War II 33% ★, Historical 16.2%, War 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #28 沉舟:序章
78% 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 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #29 The Silent Front: World War Ⅱ
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oceanwave Technology Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
In 1939, just before graduating from a German military academy, your true infiltration begins. You are Britain's hidden asset codenamed DEEP. Spying, deciphering, and moving through the shadows, you navigate rival factions, where every choice shapes your fate, your homeland, and peace.
Why similar: World War II 36.1% ★, Historical 10.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Cinematic 7.1%
- #30 Of Sense and Soul
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forsythia ProductionsPub: Forsythia Productions Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
A queer Victorian romance visual novel in which a gentleman running from the past and a poet hiding from the future collide through a lonely hearts ad. Suddenly, their lives can blossom—if you choose to change them.
Why similar: Historical 20.2%, Alternate History 19%, Romance 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #31 The End of an Actress
77% 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 17.6%, Cinematic 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%
- #32 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
77% matchVery Positive95% of 201 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 273.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 18%, Romance 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #33 Travelling At Night
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
CONJURE. CONFESS. DISAPPEAR. Be an exorcist, a stage magician, or - worse yet - a writer, in this globe-trotting choices-matter CRPG. In a very alternate 1940s Europe, choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
Why similar: Narrative 23.3% ★, World War II 23% ★, Alternate History 14.3%, Text-Based 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #34 My Little Dictator
75% matchPositive93% of 40 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 35.6% ★, Alternate History 16.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Romance 7.5%
- #35 Pechka: Historical Story Adventure
74% matchPositive82% of 22 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 28.7% ★, Historical 17.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Multiple Endings 11%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #36 Obscured Stories: The Resentment
73% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: SilentSignalStudios
Windows
The Resentment is a psychological horror game that follows Lisa Parker through a traumatic event.
Why similar: Narrative 32.3% ★, Text-Based 16.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #37 Solo
76% 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 35.2% ★, Romance 14%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #38 Orpheus: Echo of Hades
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LumiXL
Windows · Mac · Linux
Eurydice died on an ordinary autumn day — in a garden, among flowers, while Orpheus sat beneath an apple tree finishing his melody. Now the greatest musician of his time packs a bag and heads somewhere the living aren't usually allowed to go.
Why similar: Historical 23.8%, Romance 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, RPG 12.1%
- #39 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,395 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: World War II 21.8% ★, Text-Based 13.8%, Historical 12.2%, Puzzle 11.4%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #40 The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,950 reviews2026
Dev: 玛奇阿朵互娱科技Pub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 13.6%, Romance 13.3%, Cinematic 11.7%, War 11%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #41 Raid on Taihoku
73% matchVery Positive83% of 196 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 31.1% ★, Historical 21.2%, War 20%, Story Rich 7.5%, RPG 6.8%
- #42 Breaking News Live
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Arcarium
Windows
When the truth and business are at odds, money prevails. Shape the reality of others by curating which news are worth telling and which are worth altering.
Why similar: Narrative 42.7% ★, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, War 9.3%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #43 Gap Year
72% 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 29.4% ★, Cinematic 17.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #44 Arkhe
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Topchan Games
Windows
Inspired by fault and The House in Fata Morgana, this dark fantasy visual novel takes place in a world shaped and ruled by the the Numerals (Arkhes), where even magic is bound by equations.You will make choices for two protagonists: a stoic warrior, and a young sorceress.
Why similar: Narrative 30.6% ★, Romance 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #45 Attentat 1942
73% matchVery Positive93% of 494 reviews2017
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
Why similar: World War II 31.9% ★, Historical 17.5%, Cinematic 15.2%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Visual Novel 7%
- #46 Wojtek: A Soldier Without a Uniform
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adam Mański
Windows
Play as Wojtek a real bear who marched with Polish soldiers through WWII. No combat. No HUD. Just loyalty, memory, and a world seen through his nose.
Why similar: World War II 43% ★, Historical 21%, War 14.8%, Story Rich 7.9%, Cinematic 6.2%
- #47 Horny Academy
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wet Ink
Windows
Horny Academy is an adult visual novel that blends interactive storytelling with a deep, branching narrative. Every choice you make leads to steamy animated scenes or unexpected twists within the mysterious walls of the magical Academy
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Romance 9.9%
- #48 Silent Trip: Until We Meet
70% 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 19.2% ★, Cinematic 14.7%, Romance 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #49 Masseur of Romance
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Play Boy Studio
Windows
This domestic male-oriented dating sim and management game lets you experience a journey blending love and management as a male beautician and physiotherapist. Featuring various fun mini-games, it lets you craft a unique ending through business management and plot choices.
Why similar: Romance 18.9%, Text-Based 17.8%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #50 贤者:灵辉之焰 The Sage's Spirit: Shining Flame
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 缨时Time_Tassel
Windows
A Japanese-inspired Western fantasy visual novel with a female-centric narrative, set in a unique world. Play commoner mage Nolan: follow your mentor to Sabelien, forge bonds, face power struggles. Choose to avoid chaos or carve your path—your choices will shape Aorleton and the Mage Guild’s fate.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.7%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, RPG 10.7%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #51 Gerda: A Flame in Winter
69% matchVery Positive95% of 536 reviews2022
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
Why similar: World War II 41.3% ★, Historical 21.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Stylized 7.1%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #52 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,674 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 20%, Historical 16.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Romance 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #53 Impartial
68% matchNo user reviews2026
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% ★, Alternate History 23%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #54 We Grew Up in War
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac
This narrative adventure tells stories of children from Sarajevo and Ukraine based on local’s testimonies. See contemporary war from an overlooked perspective, highlighting resilience and imagination of kids whose future was taken from them.
Why similar: Narrative 26.1% ★, War 21.5%, Historical 16%, Story Rich 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #55 Upheaval
67% 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 28.1% ★, Text-Based 16%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Stylized 8.4%
- #56 Criminally Yours
66% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Romance 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13%
- #57 Date Z
67% matchMixed67% of 70 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 26.6% ★, Text-Based 13.4%, Romance 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Immersive Sim 9.6%
- #58 Katawa Shoujo
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,787 reviews2024
Dev: Four Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Why similar: Narrative 21.7% ★, Romance 15.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Visual Novel 12%
- #59 War Mines: WW2
67% 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 35.9% ★, Cinematic 17.6%, Historical 17.3%, War 11.7%, Puzzle 5.9%