- #1 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
97% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Investigation 9.3%
- #2 The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening
96% matchVery Positive93% of 417 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #3 The Testing Chamber
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 699 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 13.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #4 The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 685 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Investigation 10.8%, Detective 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Visual Novel 7.6%
- #5 The Horrorscope
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 12%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #6 Lachesis or Atropos
94% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Mystery 9.2%
- #7 The Test: Secrets of the Soul
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,558 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Detective 11.5%, Investigation 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #8 The Test
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,135 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Detective 11.4%, Investigation 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #9 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,928 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #10 The Test: Final Revelation
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,373 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 11.5%, Investigation 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Tabletop 7.1%
- #11 Dread Weight
90% matchVery Positive87% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Horror 11%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%
- #12 Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?
89% matchVery Positive92% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A cute and cozy Visual Novel experience with plenty of choices to make! Come find the Familiar truly meant for you by feeding The Conjuring Cauldron with a multitude of choices, all to a relaxing Original Soundtrack!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, JRPG 8.9%
- #13 Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator 2: Gladiator Edition
89% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You're gonna get yourself killed in there... There's beasts, warriors, and much, much worse in the coliseum... Do you really think you've got what it takes to survive? Or do you think you're cut out for much more than that... There's only one way to find out, and time is of the essence!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Tabletop 11.5%
- #14 The Specter's Desire
87% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #15 BAD END THEATER
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%
- #16 BEAST CRIMES
88% matchMixed64% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: LINK
Windows
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #17 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
86% matchVery Positive86% of 253 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #18 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
84% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Detective 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Mystery 14.2%, Horror 9.8%
- #19 Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator
84% matchVery Positive97% of 253 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You're gonna get yourself killed out here... There's monsters, bandits, and much, much worse roaming these lands... Do you really think you've got what it takes to survive? Or do you think you're cut out for much more than that... There's only one way to find out, and time is of the essence!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Tabletop 10.2%
- #20 Sultan's Game
81% matchVery Positive94% of 33,952 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Tabletop 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #21 Fearbonding
82% matchVery Positive96% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #22 The Test: Reality Check
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #23 Unforgotten
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.5%
- #24 Life Eater
81% matchVery Positive83% of 357 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Simulation 12.9%
- #25 The Fog Knows Your Name
83% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the fog to confront your terror: the evil that hides within. Unravel the fog's mysteries before you become its next victim. Or join us, instead.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.1%, LGBTQ+ 29.5%, RPG 20.3%, Story Rich 19.2%
- #26 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
80% matchVery Positive95% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #27 Midnight Witch
79% matchVery Positive92% of 351 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
- #28 Lover's Enigma
78% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
Windows · Mac
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 9%
- #29 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
77% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #30 Neve
76% matchVery Positive100% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 12%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #31 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
78% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Horror 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #32 Knell of St. Godhrkar
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,545 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, RPG 11.3%
- #33 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
75% matchPositive100% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 21%, RPG 11%, Anime 7.3%
- #34 Forsaker:DingDing&Blade
75% matchVery Positive80% of 246 reviews2025
Dev: 圣剑提灯制作组 [BladeLanternStudios]Pub: Infini Fun
Windows · Mac
A visual novel/roguelike hybrid where a simple mission spirals into a cannibalistic odyssey. You'll struggle as a fragile human, blood-soaked knight, or flesh-devouring Forsaker. Devour or be devoured—yet your fate dangles by unseen strings. Choose: cling to this broken world... or forsake it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, JRPG 16.5%, Anime 14.1%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #35 The Summoning
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...
Why similar: Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Tabletop 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.2%
- #36 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
71% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Anime 10.2%
- #37 Sigh of the Abyss
72% matchVery Positive96% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Rascal Devworks
Windows
Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love. Your choices will save or condemn mortals, shaping the fate of a city as beautiful as it is cruel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%
- #38 Choose Wisely
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: ID Card
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This interactive adventure features no specific hero. YOU are the one who decides who makes it out alive - or not. Your actions determine the outcome of the story. In total there are 9 playable heroes and more than 50 different paths all featuring intense dialogues and thrilling events.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Multiple Endings 18%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Mystery 9.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #39 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 274 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #40 The Test: Reimagined
72% matchVery Positive83% of 120 reviews2026
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reimagined is a masterful mix of Personality Test Psychology and Dark Tarot. Answer a series of fully-narrated questions to receive a personalized, unique ending based on your choices. Dive deep into your own psyche and join millions in a social experiment that you will NOT want to miss!
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%
- #41 Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,232 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Detective 12.1%
- #42 Royal Alchemist
73% matchVery Positive93% of 322 reviews2020
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! An Otome / BxB survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Simulation 11.2%
- #43 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
71% matchVery Positive90% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Horror 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #44 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
73% matchVery Positive81% of 1,082 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Detective 11.2%, Horror 10.5%
- #45 Legends of Savvarah: Flowers and Scorpions
70% matchVery Positive96% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac
You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%
- #46 Little Goody Two Shoes
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,377 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: Horror 17.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Mystery 13.4%
- #47 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
73% matchVery Positive83% of 601 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Mystery 11%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Horror 8.5%
- #48 Dreambound
70% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Mystery 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #49 Arcadia Fallen
70% matchVery Positive95% of 547 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 19%, Immersive Sim 15%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #50 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
69% matchVery Positive99% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Investigation 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #51 Train of Afterlife
74% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Anime 11.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Mystery 8.5%
- #52 Hazy Mind
68% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #53 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Mystery 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #54 Who's Lila?
67% matchVery Positive95% of 3,610 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #55 RGB GlitchGazer
66% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Mystery 18.4%, Anime 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.5%
- #56 Astoria: Fate's Kiss
67% matchVery Positive98% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: UNICO INC.Pub: Voltage Inc.
Windows
It's a dangerous thing, gods and monsters living among mortals. Good thing your agency exists to keep them in line. With big dreams and an even bigger heart, you aspire to climb the agency's ladder... That is, until one day five mythical beings ask for your help!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Visual Novel 32%, Anime 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #57 Cafe DReAMLAND
66% matchVery Positive94% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: めとこPub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
This is Cafe "DReAMLAND". Grant your "customers'" wishes by serving them drinks mixed with a hint of blasphemy! Cafe simulation x Exploration x Multiple endings Let your choices decide the final outcome.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.8%, Story Rich 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 11.1%, LGBTQ+ 8.7%
- #58 Interrogation Simulator
67% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #59 Jester / King
68% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #60 BAD END
69% matchVery Positive84% of 395 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Horror 12.2%