- #1 Marcel Pagnol and the Secret Spring
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Historical 15.5%, Alternate History 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #2 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Historical 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #3 Peter's Journey
96% 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 17.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #4 Whispering Memories
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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: Clicker 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #5 Breaking Point
94% 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 17.1%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #6 Beginning of the Rain
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: HOONDAHL STUDIOS LTD
Windows · Mac
"Beginning of the Rain" is a Visual Novel Simulation Game based on colorful illustrations and rich OSTs. It tells you the stories about many thing you can feel only as a student.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Clicker 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #7 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
93% 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 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Historical 9.8%
- #8 Aeonic
92% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
In Aeonic you experience the greatest events in different parts of the planet and beyond in the most important epochs of civilization throughout the whole history from the beginning to nowadays and to the possible futures.
Why similar: Historical 34.5%, Alternate History 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Adventure 7.2%
- #9 Victorian Debutante
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Historical 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #10 Not It: Spookiest Edition
91% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #11 Brageskålen
90% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #12 One Step To Paradise
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vovel Novel
Windows
You are about to dive into the adventures of the main hero: pilot-engineer Henry Morgan! The adventure is truly dangerous, but at the same time very passionate and full of love! An intriguing plot with unexpected twists that will leave you craving for more!
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Historical 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Anime 11.5%
- #13 The Sin Collector: Repentless
89% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Alternate History 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #14 Ottoman Dreams: Rise of Süleiman
88% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: panmable studiosPub: rpg ajans
Windows
"Witness the rise of the great 16th-century Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Navigate palace intrigue, strategic battles, and critical decisions to guide the Ottoman Empire. Shape Suleiman's destiny and write your own history with multiple endings."
Why similar: Alternate History 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Clicker 13.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #15 Ukraine War Stories
87% 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: Historical 18.7%, Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 11%
- #16 Onigashima
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: azureXtwilightPub: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.
Why similar: Historical 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #17 All (Too) Good Things
86% 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 22.7%, Text-Based 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
- #18 Taina's Cursed Legacy
84% matchPositive82% of 33 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: Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #19 The Trials of Ozymandias
85% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Anime 9.3%
- #20 Vasilisa the Wise
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Fleon Games
Windows
Vasilisa the Wise is a visual novel based on the famous Russian fairy tale "The Frog Princess". However, unlike the well-known fairy tale, in this game there are several scenarios, depending on the actions of the player. The goal of the game is to defeat the evil and win the heart of Vasilisa.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Cartoon 13.1%
- #21 A War of a Madman's Making
83% 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: Historical 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #22 Kill Ralph
81% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Andrii Tuzenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Lies, treachery, and a bounty worth dying for. You’re no warrior, just a cunning hunter—will your wits be enough to catch Ralph Devour?"
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Alternate History 12.5%, Cartoon 11.4%
- #23 Dere-chat
82% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Sleepy_Fox_Interactive
Windows · Linux
An Interactive Visual Novel with 35 story branches, 150 unique lines of dialogue, unlockable skins and many wholesome vibes! Dere-chan is always kind, happy, and energetic so whatever happens she'll always be there with kindness and support!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Clicker 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 13.3%
- #24 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 13.3%
- #25 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TedRed
Windows
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Historical 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #26 Windrush Tales
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Historical 16.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.7%
- #27 Skin Tailor
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skin Tailor is a medieval horror dress up game and visual novel hybrid. Skin your supernatural enemies, create disguises and infiltrate vampire owned blood farms to rescue your comrades.
Why similar: Historical 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #28 Kino
78% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Lacking Finesse Games
Windows
Odesa, 1929. A woman wakes up. This will be her last morning. An all-powerful film camera forces her to watch her life again. Can she find what was missing? A very short choose-your-own-adventure based on Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Historical 18.5%, Drama 9.4%
- #29 Temple of Egmelitia
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ian Hornik
Windows · Mac
The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.
Why similar: Historical 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choices Matter 4.3%
- #30 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spicy Bread Productions LLC
Windows · Mac
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Cartoon 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.7%
- #31 Kittengumi Short: Chapter 0
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Guarida Games Studio S.L.
Windows
A short visual novel set in the peculiar universe of Kittengumi. Meet its characters, make decisions, and discover what lies behind this title.
Why similar: Ninja 22.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Anime 9.9%
- #32 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #33 薄缘浅份
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 晚风游戏
Windows
这是一款中国古代背景的日常向视觉小说,这个故事没有苦大仇深,没有刀光剑影,玩家扮演一名官运多舛的知县,出身牙人,在官场上备受歧视,无望升迁,因为前途渺茫,而选择及时行乐,放纵于酒席宴前,沉浸于温柔乡里。玩家将跟随这名官吏的日常,感受太平年间鱼米之乡的热闹与富足。游戏内容没有血腥暴力,故事轻松愉快。
Why similar: Historical 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Clicker 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #34 Ballad of the Midnight Man
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marry Me Jester Productions
Windows
Survive the Midnight Man in this horror comedy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Cartoon 8.1%
- #35 Hakuba School ! Hunting Prey
77% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Anime 10.2%
- #36 Start a Startup with a Legendary Japanese Warlord
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: CapGames
Windows
A short visual novel with quizzes to help you dip your toes into the world of startups.
Why similar: Historical 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Adventure 10.8%
- #37 Rebels - Under the Spell of Magic (Chapter 4)
74% 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 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #38 Rewrite - DYH
74% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: DYHPub: WinCode
Windows · Linux
Rewrite - DYH - A game that changes every time you play!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Hand-drawn 14%, Anime 10.2%
- #39 Of Sense and Soul
73% 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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Alternate History 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Hand-drawn 8%
- #40 태백 가문의 사람들 : Prologue
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: C's earth
Windows
유산을 차지하는 건 과연 누가 될 것인가?
Why similar: Text-Based 32%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Cartoon 13.9%, Anime 11.4%, Cartoony 9.2%
- #41 ComicKingdom
71% matchPositive100% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: HippoCube
Windows
Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style. It tells the story of a group of young manga artists who are trapped in a suburban farm.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Drama 8%
- #42 Medieval Revenge
73% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: 99 Interactive
Windows
Playing a card game where you navigate from the revenge of an English peasant against marauding Vikings in medieval England to the attainment of kingdom power.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Alternate History 14.5%, Historical 14.2%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #43 Reigns: The Witcher
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Adventure 7.8%
- #44 When Silence Fell
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maximilian Niebuhr
Windows
This grim interactive novel takes you directly into a period full of dread and peril - the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century!
Why similar: Historical 18.7%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Alternate History 11.5%
- #45 Rose Guns Days -Season 1-
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
In 1944, unprecedented disaster struck Japan, forcing it to accept an unconditional ceasefire from its enemy nations in World War 2. As a result, the Japanese have become a people without a nation, but they still come together and do whatever it takes to live without giving up...
Why similar: Historical 35%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Clicker 12.4%, Anime 12%, Drama 11.9%
- #46 Glitch
70% matchPositive93% of 29 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: Text-Based 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Clicker 9.7%
- #47 The Seagull
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Dogpit
Windows · Linux
A young woman grows up on the shores of a lake and loves it as the gulls do, and is as happy and free as they are. But a man happens to come that way and destroys her, just because he can.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Cartoon 13.9%, Alternate History 13.1%, Historical 11.7%
- #48 Bonnie Blob in Shapeville
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Monkey Noise
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Shapeville, a colorful world filled with friendly shapes and endless fun! Meet Bonnie Blob, a bubbly little hero with a curious mind and a heart full of adventure. Explore the whimsical corners of Shapeville, where every click brings something delightful to life!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Clicker 21.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Cartoon 14.9%, Cartoony 10.1%
- #49 Hypoxia - One Last Breath
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: NagiPub: Hypoxia Studio
Windows
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Anime 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #50 Pre-Odyssey: Love at First Quack
68% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
She’s a princess beloved by ducks. He’s a notorious king of schemes. A romantic fragment from a 3000-year old EPIC, retold as an Otome visual novel… but with ducks somehow added to the mix.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Historical 14%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #51 Dexter Stardust : Adventures in Outer Space
69% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: Dexter Team Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Spacey Classic Point and Click Adventure for All!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Clicker 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Cartoon 11.1%
- #52 The Count of Monte Cristo
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Veil Studios
Windows
Play as the Count of Monte Cristo in 19th-century France. Charm & Dominate your enemies. Exploit their weaknesses, and orchestrate their downfall in this gripping narrative-driven tale of revenge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 16.8%, Historical 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #53 The Day in a Life of a Dayfly
67% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: games from nowherePub: Visual Floss KONATA
Windows
A melancholic journey through the cemetery... and far beyond its gates.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 16%, Cartoon 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
- #54 Overboard!
69% matchVery Positive90% of 640 reviews2021
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Historical 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12.6%
- #55 定风波·宁州
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Historical 18.1%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Alternate History 12.8%
- #56 summer story
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Anime 7%
- #57 Secret Some
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AFTERTIME.INCPub: NboxGames.Inc
Windows
"Secret Some" is an authentic game It is a 'Youth Love Comedy Story' that depicts the process of creating a story of four characters and two people. Starting with graduation, there's another story about dating a character You can feel the feeling of a growing connection.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Cartoon 12.4%, Anime 10.3%
- #58 The Island of Crossed Destinies
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper Tigers
Windows
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Historical 23.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #59 Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered
65% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Klondike AustraliaPub: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac
A call for help within a mysterious messaging app. Someone lost and wandering through a forest in a faraway place. And their destiny in your hands.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #60 Change the World
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Anime 8.7%