- #1 STAMPED
97% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GrazuleX
Windows · Mac · Linux
NEXUS CORP, sub-basement 7-A. Stamp the forms. Ask nothing. Since 1952, forty-six clerks have vanished at this desk - you are the forty-seventh. Cross-check every claim on your terminal, rule APPROVED or REJECTED, and try not to wonder what the paperwork is really sealing.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.2%, Text-Based 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #2 The Peresmeshnik
96% matchVery Positive93% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #3 Glow Box
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月刊湿地帯Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows · Mac
A 60-minute adventure where all you do is glow.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 15.4%, Futuristic 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.2%
- #4 Will Die Alone
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Dystopian 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #5 Across Kiloparsecs
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.4% ★, Text-Based 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #6 Silent Earth
94% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Fring Frang Games
Windows
Silent Earth is a short sci-fi text adventure about finding one’s place despite an uncertain future. Explore an off-world mining colony ship, navigate multi-linear character relationships, and steer the story toward one of five endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Futuristic 11.4%
- #7 201 - The Bad Number
92% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Dystopian 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #8 スマートフォン
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Dark 8.3%, Mystery 8.1%
- #9 The Sculptor
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Text-Based 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #10 PROJECT: MIRROR
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EXPECTACLE
Windows
PROJECT: MIRROR is a psychological horror narrative game about choices, scarcity, and AI observation. Answer ethical dilemmas, manage impossible systems, and watch your decisions become the basis for something that no longer asks permission.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Dystopian 15%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Text-Based 12%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #11 Inflorescences
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloriProductions
Windows · Mac
A visual novel strategy game where your floral fragrances determine the fate of your mysterious shop and its patrons. Make choices, talk to customers, and shape the story. Get ready for a journey of heartfelt connections and strategic decision-making.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 16.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Conspiracy 11% ★
- #12 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
89% 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 20.8%, Text-Based 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #13 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
88% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.7%, Text-Based 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #14 VERUM
89% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: GILP Studio
Windows
VERUM: a thought-provoking game exploring ethical issues surrounding tech corporations and personal data usage. Embark on a journey through multiple side stories, gain diverse perspectives, and unlock multiple endings to uncover the full story. Simple yet immersive gameplay with captivating graphics
Why similar: Conspiracy 28.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #15 Twelve Floors Below.
87% matchMixed66% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: Three Buck Games
Windows
A claustrophobic horror game taking place in an elevator.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Dystopian 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Conspiracy 13.9% ★, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #16 Worn Out
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #17 XVTM
85% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Mischief and Craft
Windows
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #18 SIT DOWN, PLEASE
86% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: SawyHeartGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a scientist's shoes in a story driven game which leads you to discover a mysterious and unknown world by torturing characters. In order to find out all the hidden secrets, try to keep the guinea pigs alive for as long as possible by using the scientist's machinery.
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.7% ★, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Futuristic 9.6%, Dark 8.8%
- #19 Dear Edmund
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mind The Grease
Windows
As the new Street Overseer, every decision you make in this dystopian choice game carries weight. Enforce the rules, help the desperate, or exploit the people’s suffering for personal gain. Choose wisely.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%
- #20 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JointPoint Studios LLC
Windows
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 13%, Space 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #21 Vanakan
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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: Text-Based 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #22 Wildwake
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #23 Message in a Melody
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Text-Based 24.1%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #24 FRACTURED RED
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: STORY GAMES
Windows
A science fiction visual novel. Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a secret that will change everything. Six researchers. One rift. No one will return the same.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Space 8.8%
- #25 Alcyone: The Last City
80% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Artifice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Dystopian 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #26 Space Court
81% matchVery Positive98% of 161 reviews2020
Dev: Uphill Promise
Windows
As a newly appointed Judge, you will rule over Space Court and its denizens to keep the universe safe. Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.3%
- #27 The Trial
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Mystery 10.7%
- #28 Welcome to Victorville
78% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Studio 7e
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Conspiracy 9% ★, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #29 Confinio: Reality Prison
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Conspiracy 11.5% ★, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #30 Noblesse Oblige
79% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spark romance amid secrets in a crumbling mansion! What will you sacrifice for love? Can you trust your own heart?
Why similar: Conspiracy 24.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Mystery 7.9%
- #31 ARCHIVE NINE: Release the Files
77% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Loco Loca Games
Windows
Manipulate the secrets of a shadowy government archive. Every file you release or destroy shapes public view of the government. But beware, evil deeds will haunt you.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.5% ★, Dystopian 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #32 Kindred [Subject 6244]
76% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #33 Condition Unknown
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #34 The Trials - Chapter Two
75% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #35 Do 11
77% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #36 Omnisight
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yahont Games
Windows
In "Omnisight" you decide what people will believe. Theories, relationships with colleagues, and secrets are just tools at your disposal. You change reality and transform yourself along with it. But are you ready to accept the consequences?
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Dystopian 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #37 A Spaceship Accident
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Pick Your Universe
Windows
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #38 Viridian
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pneuma Games LLC
Windows
A journalist is trapped in a terrifying technological box of illusions where he is on a journey to discover the truth behind his family's darkest secrets.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.6% ★, Text-Based 19.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
- #39 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Emperor
Windows · Mac · Linux
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Text-Based 12%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #40 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #41 Be Honest
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #42 Glaucon Inc.
72% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Adrien Lee
Windows
Your job is your life. Work for Glaucon Inc. processing debtors and making as much money as you can, while you slowly recall your past, and the truth.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.3%, Dystopian 28%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #43 Total Alarm
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel CrowPub: Feel Good Games
Windows
A disgraced engineer unravels a terrifying deception in a retro-futuristic dystopia spanning the stars, fusing resource management, strategic card duels, and morally complex social dynamics against the clockwork cruelty of an authoritarian state clinging to power.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.6%, Conspiracy 20.4% ★, Space 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Mystery 8.1%
- #44 All (Too) Good Things
71% 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 23.8%, Text-Based 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #45 Stay Alive For Me
70% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #46 Human.exe
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Weird EnginePub: Weird Engine
Windows · Mac
An AI has isolated the mind of a philosophy professor to evaluate human morality. As the terminal operator, you access files, run programs, and take his consciousness through ethical dilemmas. Your decisions will train the AI's final algorithm.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Dystopian 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #47 Good Children Say Grace
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denis MorozovPub: Denis Morozov Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
My parents sacrificed an orphan to the red egg. She came back home that night. How will the two of us survive the hunger? Good Children Say Grace.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Dystopian 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #48 The price of tomorrow
68% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Gleb&Aleksandr
Windows
The price of tomorrow is a story-driven sci-fi drama about the choice between a corporation and the people of planet Chenora. As Jack Butler, you negotiate, break taboos, and decide the planet’s fate. Yield to the temptations of Omnilat — and choose wisely.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Dystopian 19.6%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Space 10.9%
- #49 Save The World
70% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Linux
In a world plagued by conflict, greed, and division, hope arrives from beyond the stars. The aliens have come to Earth, and they're listening to everything you say and make it a reality. What will you do with all this sudden power? Will you be able to save the world?
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Futuristic 11.1%, Space 10.1%, Dystopian 8.8%
- #50 The Portal Pirate
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #51 Choice of Robots
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #52 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
69% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: CousinCatnip
Windows
Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #53 Choose Your Own Alternative
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #54 Signal
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Ruldae
Windows
Route messages at a remote station's CRT console, choose your responses, and infer the protocol from clues hidden in the signals. Every cycle brings the quiet threat closer through traces left by previous operators.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #55 Room 337
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #56 Life of a Space Force Captain
68% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Live a full life in the future as a human, an alien, or even a robot as you rise through the ranks to become captain of your very own starship.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Space 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.8%
- #57 Recluses
69% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Timofei UsikovPub: cd-doma production
Windows
More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.7%
- #58 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
66% 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: Text-Based 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #59 恐怖夜話 第二夜
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 17%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #60 Not It: Spookiest Edition
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 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 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11%