- #1 Disney Villains Cursed Café
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 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 26.2%, Point & Click 23.3%, Casual 11.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #2 The Change Architect
96% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Point & Click 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Adventure 6.8%
- #3 Escape from Norwood
96% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Singular Works
Windows · Mac
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Point & Click 16.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Narration 7.8%
- #4 MysteryOS
95% matchMixed40% of 10 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: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Point & Click 16.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #5 Hotel Hermes
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adjective Noun Studios
Windows · Linux
Become a mailroom operator at Hotel Hermes and navigate an ancient mail system to deliver parcels on time. Learn about the hotel's guests and staff in this puzzle role-playing game, where your actions can alter the world. Hopefully for the best!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Point & Click 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #6 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: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 17.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #7 Into the Waves
93% matchVery Positive92% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Point & Click 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #8 Knight, Death and the Devil
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frequency eye
Windows
Knight, Death and the Devil — This is a dark visual novel that will take you into a creepy world full of danger and unexpected twists.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Narration 7.8%
- #9 All (Too) Good Things
91% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Casual 5.9%
- #10 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
91% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Casual 6.9%, Adventure 6.3%
- #11 Blue Bird's Song
90% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Point & Click 13.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #12 The Dark Prophecy
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Start Warp
Windows · Mac
The Dark Prophecy is a 2D pixel-art Point&Click adventure inspired by the best retro games of the 90s. Welcome to a peaceful medieval village, where life is safe and calm. But one fateful night, everything changes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Point & Click 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #13 Awakewood
89% 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 22.2%, Point & Click 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Adventure 10.4%
- #14 Vanakan
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Text-Based 17.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #15 Reigns: The Witcher
85% matchVery Positive80% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Adventure 10%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #16 어서오세요 신성재판에
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 지식보관소
Windows
Waking up after a car accident to find yourself in another world? Welcome to "Sacred Trial." In a magical world, you face the threat of being summoned to the sacred trial. A fantasy detective adventure where you must prove your innocence in a fantasy world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, Adventure 11.3%
- #17 Dust and Salt: The Battle for Murk
87% 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: Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, Point & Click 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #18 Scary Stories
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bruce Devlin
Windows · Linux
A spooky text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style game that tells several spine-chilling tales with several choices and items throughout, these may change your path... Can you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Point & Click 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #19 Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth
84% 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 24.9%, Point & Click 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Puzzle 10%
- #20 Don't Let Me Fade
83% matchVery Positive99% of 131 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 29.2%, Point & Click 22.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Text-Based 10%
- #21 Penrose
84% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #22 The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Point & Click 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #23 The Spirit Weaver
80% matchPositive100% of 41 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 24.4%, Point & Click 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Casual 8.9%
- #24 Seaside Picnic
81% 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 24.2%, Point & Click 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Casual 9.3%
- #25 The Trials of Ozymandias
82% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Fantasy 6%
- #26 The Music at the end of the World
79% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #27 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
81% matchVery Positive83% of 349 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 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: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Point & Click 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #28 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
79% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Text-Based 19.8%, Character Customization 11%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #29 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
78% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #30 Soulbond
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floating Realms
Windows · Mac · Linux
Customize your fate in a fallen world: forge bonds and uncover secrets in a tale of power, love, and the weight of grief. Your choices define your path: how will you rise in the hierarchy of the damned?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Point & Click 15.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%
- #31 An Imp and an Impostor
76% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 17.1%, Adventure 12.6%, Character Customization 8.2%
- #32 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
77% 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: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Text-Based 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #33 Meridiana - A demon's madness
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: manv
Windows · Mac · Linux
You take on the role of Meridiana, a demon summoned to a high-fantasy world, and interact with others through her. As you travel the world, will your demonic nature take over, or will you learn from others how to be a good person?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Point & Click 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Adventure 11.1%
- #34 Change the World
77% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8%, Point & Click 7.3%
- #35 Tales In Text: Multiplayer Immersive Adventures
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Synthetic Mind Corp.
Windows
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Point & Click 16.1%, Adventure 6.3%
- #36 KaRu
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: Mirror Studio
Windows · Linux
- Search for clues to progress the story. - Make choices to help your partner. - Collect bits and pieces to reveal secrets and lore bits. - Use your visions to see what he is feeling at the moment. - Don't drown in your own regrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Point & Click 19.1%, Casual 6.4%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #37 Storyteller
73% matchVery Positive88% of 8,760 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel BenmerguiPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Point & Click 20%, Puzzle 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Visual Novel 7.3%
- #38 The Nascent Necromancer
74% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Character Customization 10%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #39 An Unexpectedly Green Journey
73% matchPositive98% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Wield the powers of a shaman or chief. Conquer the world. Become a god or a demon lord. Do what orcs do best!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Character Customization 15.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #40 We Were Here Before
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Point & Click 16%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 12.4%
- #41 Hadean Lands
75% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.1%, Text-Based 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Adventure 6.9%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #42 Impersonal
72% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: zelun_
Windows
Impersonal is a game about lights, about relationships and how these relationships can affect people.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Point & Click 25.3%, Casual 13.3%, Puzzle 12%, Exploration 8.7%
- #43 水彩画は水底に沈む
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Takoko
Windows
Watercolors Sink Beneath the Surface is a nostalgic pixel-art point-and-click adventure set on Narumi Island, where only an abandoned high school stands. Years later, two girls return to complete a watercolor inspired by their school memories, gathering ideas from the remnants of the past.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #44 Mass of Consumption
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #45 LifeOS
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: py_pionc
Windows
A text-based sandbox PC game about exploring the world through short phrases in the terminal. The player roams through events, acquires new items, locations, facts, or acquaintances, and combines them to unlock new events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Point & Click 12.4%, Narration 10.2%
- #46 Hakuba School ! Hunting Prey
72% 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 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Point & Click 18%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #47 Defragmenting
70% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Point & Click 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #48 Grave Knight
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choices Matter 7%
- #49 N.E.R.D
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Forever Entertainment S.A
Windows
N.E.R.D is a story-driven escape room puzzle game, brought to life as a gripping interactive movie. Inspired by cult classic thrillers, this is an experience that will pull you in - and won’t let go. Dark, intense, and deeply unsettling, every moment pushes you further into the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Point & Click 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #50 Scales of Justice
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across a magical kingdom with four eccentric individuals! Will you find your destiny—or will you write it for yourself? A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Character Customization 16.3%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #51 The Wizard’s Beans Or: A Short Period of Unplanned Internment
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Prophecy
Windows
Solve puzzles, enlist magic beans, eat soap, plan your escape, and confront the menacing mage who keeps you confined in his tower. Will you keep cracking jokes or learn from your mistakes? Your choices matter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 16.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Adventure 6.4%
- #52 Red Bow: Strange Dream
67% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 12.4%, Adventure 11.9%, Puzzle 11%
- #53 The Castle
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sankurusu
Windows · Linux
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Text-Based 17%, Narration 9%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #54 Ruins of Araethia
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Gloomy Lantern
Windows
An open-world game set in a post-apocalyptic medieval fantasy world. Learn to survive, fight off threats, and thrive in a harsh world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Point & Click 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 12.3%, Adventure 6.2%
- #55 TOY BOX
66% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Point & Click 16.5%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 12.7%
- #56 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Casual 5.5%
- #57 Whiskey-Four
66% matchVery Positive93% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Character Customization 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #58 Glitch
65% matchPositive94% of 31 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: Point & Click 18.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Text-Based 14.2%
- #59 Turncoat Chronicle
67% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Text-Based 19.9%, Character Customization 8.7%, Fantasy 7.2%