- #1 The Spirit Weaver
97% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: StarBullet StudioPub: GameChanger Studio
Windows
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Point & Click 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 9%
- #2 Кукуево / Kukuevo
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectKukuevo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kukuevo is a unique experience for those who are into mystery stories and love visual novels. Get ready for an exciting adventure in a world of mysteries and mysteries where every step you take can determine the outcome of the game.
Why similar: Bikes 31.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #3 Missing Pieces
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: QuestYard
Windows
Missing Pieces is a story-driven adventure in a vibrant alien world, full of hidden secrets, a plethora of languages and a sparkling cast of characters: lovable rogues, heartbroken families, and questionable allies. Find friendship and love, learn about yourself and discover who you really are!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Aliens 16.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Point & Click 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #4 Past Spirals to Present
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You are a soul, ready for your next lifetime on earth. To prepare for incarnation, you visit the Interdimensional Museum to remember your personalities from past lives. Tour the museum artifacts, remember who you were, and when you're ready, the museum will reveal your next life to you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Supernatural 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #5 Universe Has No Favorites
94% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Point & Click 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #6 AGERASIA
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Olivia WestmorlandPub: Rantan Games
Windows
Eight time periods from across human history collide in a competitive bid to stop the end of the world. Go from fighting monsters to solving a murder, dating sim to escape game. Experience seven vastly different routes in a bid to solve the mystery as to why you've all been brought together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Point & Click 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #7 Exploring Friscott
93% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Point & Click 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 13.8%
- #8 Jill O' Lantern: Final Cut
92% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Screen Savor Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Point & Click 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #9 Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth is a story game about love, lost, hope, grief, medication, meditation and more. You will be the our nameless character and experience his memories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Point & Click 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #10 Taina's Cursed Legacy
91% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Text-Based 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12.7%
- #11 Awakewood
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Point & Click 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #12 Partons à Cheval Trouver les Licornes !
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Capucine Mahieux
Windows
Embark on this Point and Click Visual Novel about horse riding in search of unicorns, while taking care of your equine friend.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 15%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #13 Seaside Picnic
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: unSAMEPub: Shepherd Games
Windows
A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, an experience of Nihilism and self-salvation. The storm is coming. The storm has never left.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Point & Click 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #14 Chronicles from the Abyss
88% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
Chronicles from the Abyss is a collection of 4 twisted Horror & Thriller stories that will play on the darkest corners of your mind, & every choice drips with dread. Twisted plots, haunting art, and chilling secrets await. Ready to uncover what lurks beneath?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #15 Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,024 reviews2025
Dev: TYPE-MOONPub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 62.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Relive the four days of destiny...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Point & Click 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Text-Based 9%
- #16 All (Too) Good Things
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
- #17 Rebels - Under the Spell of Magic (Chapter 4)
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: BrotherWood Games
Windows
A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 3. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to choose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #18 Among Us Story: On Guard
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Innersloth
Windows · Mac
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Point & Click 15.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Space 9.8%
- #19 Glitch
83% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Point & Click 16.6%, Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
- #20 Hakuba School ! Hunting Prey
85% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Kenbu
Windows
Welcome to Hakuba school! Live a student life in Hakuba and solve the mysteries surrounding the school and your past...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Point & Click 16%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 12.8%
- #21 Harbor of Vows
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leyakibou
Windows · Mac · Linux
A comforting and heartfelt Visual Novel about a young musician struggling to write a simple song. Roki Olsen seems to want nothing more than singing on stage…truly, when he looks at Elly Hammington, we think he might be lying.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Point & Click 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Casual 8.5%
- #22 Travelling Light
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Point & Click 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.5%
- #23 視靈
82% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: 巧娃工坊
Windows
An accident at birth gave the protagonist the ability to see the soul. He always thought it was a useless ability when he was growing up. After helping his childhood sweetheart who is a policewomen solve a case, he discovered the correct way to use this ability.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Point & Click 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%
- #24 PACTUM + EPISODE 1
81% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Ponctum
Windows · Linux
Explore all the different routes of PACTUM! Try to discover more about what really happened. Learn more about each character by picking between some... story-changing choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Demons 17.1%, Point & Click 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 13.3%
- #25 Slippery Flippers: Episode One - Amulet of the Gods
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A group of thieves have found their next gig: a museum holding the "Amulet of the Gods," a mysterious artifact said to contain godlike power inside of it. It's sitting there, just asking to be stolen. With law enforcement on the prowl, will the crew's leader, Orlando, lead them to riches or ruin?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Space 13.8%, Cute 8.5%
- #26 Room 502 : School Mystery Game
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOTS
Windows · Mac
A cynical high schooler, Hae-eun's mundane life takes a colorful turn as she and her dorm roommates in Room 502 unravel mysterious incidents on campus. This game blends academy life, mystery, and youth in a captivating detective adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.5%, Point & Click 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #27 Camille and Laura
78% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: BonjourBorzoi
Windows
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Point & Click 20.5%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #28 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
80% matchVery Positive83% of 354 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12.3%
- #29 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Casual 6.2%
- #30 The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: BrøderbundPub: ZOOM Platform Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore and share Stan & Jan Berenstain’s classic, "The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight", adapted from the original storybook into an interactive animated adventure!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Point & Click 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Casual 9.5%
- #31 Don't Let Me Fade
76% matchVery Positive99% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Point & Click 22%, Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 12.4%, Adventure 10.5%
- #32 Breaking Point
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phantom Script Studio
Windows
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Hand-drawn 13.4%
- #33 Rewrite - DYH
77% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: DYHPub: WinCode
Windows · Linux
Rewrite - DYH - A game that changes every time you play!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Colorful 6.7%
- #34 Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOKUNIKU
Windows
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Point & Click 17%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #35 Hostil
77% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2017
Dev: Eteru Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 15.4%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #36 Project: Home!
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NiktarinPub: Sei-ren
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing your job, you return to your hometown to rebuild your life—and your family house. But you’re not alone. Two old friends, Lola and Mira, offer to help you renovate… and maybe build something more.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Point & Click 15.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
- #37 貴方が狼カードデス!
74% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: toRipota
Windows
Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Text-Based 21.7%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Cute 10%, Adventure 6.8%
- #38 Purrfect Tale
74% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: BadMouse
Windows · Mac
When you awake, you find yourself transported back to the time when you were a student. You find it hard to breathe under the massive study load and oppressive environment, until you meet a stray cat that manages to wriggle its way into your world by chance...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Point & Click 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%
- #39 空野まなみの事件録 ― 空白のカルテ ―
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbitly
Windows
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Text-Based 25%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Adventure 8%, Mystery 6.6%
- #40 Cold Bed on Route
72% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Old Retina Museum
Windows · Linux
"Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 17%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Cute 7.5%
- #41 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spicy Bread Productions LLC
Windows · Mac
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Make your choices carefully, as your decisions determine how many clues you uncover before the detective, the final player character, questions you. Will your protagonists know enough to catch the murderer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Point & Click 14.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #42 DELETE AFTER READING
73% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #43 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #44 Whispering Memories
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
- #45 Template!! An Angel's Gift
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CIRCUSPub: Kagami Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The 4K Ultra HD Remaster of "Template!! An Angel's Gift"—a hilarious slice-of-life visual novel—is now on Steam! Follow Sakura Sora, whose bizarre new condition makes ridiculous "classic tropes" real, sparking a twist-filled daily comedy with unique companions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Casual 10.2%
- #46 名探偵カヌレの事件ダイアリー
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: シュークリームマンStudio
Windows
ミステリー×ラヴコメ!プレイヤーは、シュークリームマンとなって、カヌレ探偵の助手的存在として、事件解決のサポートを行います。シリアスな展開もありますが、日常はコメディータッチで描かれています。時より挿入される選択肢を選ぶことで、周回プレイを楽しむことができます。
Why similar: Point & Click 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 15.1%, Adventure 9.5%
- #47 Private Psychic
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pazazz!
Windows
Private Psychic is a narrative investigation game about weird ghosts and the fear of the future.Play as Maple, a Psychic launching her own paranormal detective agency, but who is so afraid of the future that she can't predict it anymore (which is a real problem for a psychic...).
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Point & Click 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Demons 11.1%
- #48 Dust and Salt: The Battle for Murk
72% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac
The Battle for Murk is an interactive narrative set in a gritty medieval world. Play as Corporal Mandrake from the City Watch in a fantasy adventure game. Uncover the truth behind a treacherous conspiracy in a race against time to save your hometown from falling into the hands of a cruel leader.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Point & Click 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #49 Ecos de Luaré
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Treelight Atelier
Windows
A supernatural mystery visual novel where your choices shape relationships and determine the fate of a coastal town. Explore ancient secrets, unravel supernatural enigmas, and make decisions that lead to three distinct endings based on your choices across four intense days.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Casual 7.3%
- #50 Hentai Milf Quiz 3
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: Cyber Keks
Windows
The game features the most popular professions. A large number of wet moms, the brightest, juiciest and simply hottest moms are waiting for you! Get ready to go into space, or answer questions from a judge, or a blogger, or even a military girl.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Point & Click 12.6%, Text-Based 8%
- #51 Devils
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francesco Cabbai
Windows
Your soul is on the line. Manage devils, manipulate fate through dice-based negotiations, and make soul deals in a Barcelona narrative strategy game about debt, temptation, and survival.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
- #52 Disney Villains Cursed Café
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Bloom Digital MediaPub: Disney
Windows
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Point & Click 26.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Casual 11.6%
- #53 The Princess and the Porcupine
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small is Beautiful Studio inc.
Windows
First the King’s sheeps then the King himself! Everyone seems to be mysteriously disappearing lately. As the King’s intrepid daughter, and with the help of a strange talking porcupine, travel through the kingdom and interrogate your subjects to solve the mysterious disappearances.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Point & Click 19.5%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Adventure 8.5%
- #54 Reigns: The Witcher
66% matchVery Positive80% of 180 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Adventure 8.7%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #55 Defragmenting
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Point & Click 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 14.5%
- #56 MysteryOS
67% matchMixed45% of 11 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 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Point & Click 17.9%, Text-Based 15.7%, Adventure 4.5%
- #57 Blue Bird's Song
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Meadows Studio
Windows · Mac
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #58 Late Bird
67% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: Vladimir SlavPub: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Point & Click 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Text-Based 12.6%
- #59 Chief Emoji Officer
67% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Bodeville
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Satire 21.7% ★, Text-Based 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #60 あなたに花束を
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abyss good gamesPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
“Flowers for You” is a gentle adventure game where you create custom bouquets based on each customer’s story as a florist. Set in modern Japan, listen to faded memories and craft floral arrangements that bring color back into their lives.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Point & Click 12.5%, Hand-drawn 9.4%