- #1 Annoy This Guy
97% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Leigh
Windows
Annoy this guys time in this comedic piece of interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Point & Click 14.7%, Comedy 11.3%
- #2 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
96% matchVery Positive96% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Crime 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #3 Echoes of Pinebridge
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Nonlinear 9.9%
- #4 Hakuba School ! Hunting Prey
95% 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 19.2%, Point & Click 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #5 Mycorrhiza
94% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Distorted WanderersPub: Tim Reichert
Windows · Mac · Linux
A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Nonlinear 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #6 Knight, Death and the Devil
94% 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: Nonlinear 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Point & Click 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #7 Storyteller
93% matchVery Positive89% of 9,102 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 20.6%, Point & Click 20%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #8 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Nonlinear 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%
- #9 Legends of Savvarah: Flowers and Scorpions
91% matchVery Positive96% of 102 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: Nonlinear 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #10 Reigns: The Witcher
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Fantasy 6%
- #11 Holy Deadline
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: murmupa games
Windows
Holy Deadline is a surreal, story-rich adventure about a demigod lawyer working in the Heavenly Office. You have exactly one week to investigate the sudden divorce of John and Lilith. Take on mortal petitions, level up your logic and flair to eventually uncover who sent you back to Heaven!
Why similar: Nonlinear 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Point & Click 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%
- #12 Disney Villains Cursed Café
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Bloom Digital MediaPub: Disney
Windows
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Casual 8.3%
- #13 Exploring Friscott
89% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Point & Click 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #14 Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Because Because Games
Windows
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Pirates 17.9% ★, Point & Click 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #15 Something's In The Air Redux
87% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Date Ariane Games
Windows
A sequel to the popular Date Ariane Remastered, but also a stand alone remake of Something's In The Air 2013. The "redux" version allows players to play as a male or female for the first time. This is also a satire of the multi-ending "harem game" genre with surprising twists and turns.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Point & Click 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #16 Kluber's Adventure
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sundin Games
Windows
Kluber's Adventure. Finally, your choices matter... Unless Kluber has better plans. Welcome to an absurdist narrative experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #17 N.E.R.D
86% 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 24.4%, Point & Click 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #18 The Isle Tide Hotel
85% matchMixed64% of 276 reviews2023
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Point & Click 15.6%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #19 Duppy Detective Tashia
84% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2026
Dev: Spritewrench
Windows
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Point & Click 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #20 Death Trick: Double Blind
84% matchVery Positive88% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Citreat StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Point & Click 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Crime 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #21 Mesmalie
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 924 reviews2026
Dev: Rain (orbitaldot)
Windows · Linux
MESMALIE is an occult adventure game. A magickal incident in your personal life brings you to a small witches' coven in the middle of nowhere. Here, you'll learn to tame your ability... though, not without some bumps along the way.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Point & Click 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%
- #22 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
83% 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 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Casual 5%
- #23 Kittengumi Short: Chapter 0
82% 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 31.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Casual 3.6%
- #24 Serania - Path of the Scion
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%
- #25 Corporate Suck Up
79% matchVery Positive98% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: actpng
Windows
Oliver’s future at Reeve's Capital depends on winning over three strange colleagues while working as a secretary. Nothing ominous is happening if he doesn't think too hard about it.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 13.9%, First-Person 8.6%
- #26 KaRu
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 40 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 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Point & Click 21.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Visual Novel 4.5%
- #27 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Nonlinear 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 15.2%
- #28 The Princess and the Porcupine
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small is Beautiful Studio inc.
Windows
First the King’s sheeps then the King himself! Everyone seems to be mysteriously disappearing lately. As the King’s intrepid daughter, and with the help of a strange talking porcupine, travel through the kingdom and interrogate your subjects to solve the mysterious disappearances.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Point & Click 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Cartoon 8.5%, Comedy 6.7%
- #29 Who's Lila?
78% matchVery Positive94% of 3,792 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: Nonlinear 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #30 Margaret's Little Shop of Wonders
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Possum 5Pub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Gardening and magic are meeting in Margaret’s Little Shop of Wonders. Play as Margaret, a young witch who just opened her own flower shop, and fulfill the peculiar requests of her strange customers!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Point & Click 20.5%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #31 Epimutation
76% matchVery Positive96% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Point & Click 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #32 Momo Don't Leave
75% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #33 Ecosphere - Prologue
77% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Talestrike
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Pirate Princess must infiltrate a memorial to steal an orb with the power to control nature: Ecosphere. Will you manage to steal the precious loot?
Why similar: Pirates 22.4% ★, Point & Click 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #34 Tropical
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Robert Welz
Windows
Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Point & Click 12.7%
- #35 Return of Red Riding Hood Enhanced Edition
77% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
This visual novel is a collection of alternative realities. How events would turn out and how they end will depend on your choices. Visit wolf's den and solve his secret, or try to tame the wild beast. Eat a pasty with mushrooms and experience something new, or feed it to the old lady, because it's her favorite filling.
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Point & Click 12.5%
- #36 Devils
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francesco Cabbai
Windows
Your soul is on the line. Manage devils, manipulate fate through dice-based negotiations, and make soul deals in a Barcelona narrative strategy game about debt, temptation, and survival.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Comedy 6.4%
- #37 One Night Stand
75% matchVery Positive90% of 778 reviews2016
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Point & Click 19.2%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%
- #38 Tales of Shandar
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Embark on a tabletop-inspired fantasy adventure. Battle monsters, pass dice-roll skill checks, solve ancient puzzles, and uncover the lost Tomb of Mithras in this narrative-driven RPG-lite where every choice matters.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Casual 9.2%, Fantasy 7.9%
- #39 Busty Barrister Barbara
74% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Baller Industries
Windows · Mac
A short visual novel set in Hong Kong where you play as Barbara, a newly minted barrister. This game is quite short, you can probably play through it in about two hours. Features two legal cases, fully voice acted and also has nice music.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Point & Click 24%, Visual Novel 16%, Cartoon 8.8%, Comedy 7.7%
- #40 Kill Ralph
71% matchVery Positive99% of 96 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 19.4%, Point & Click 17.8%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%
- #41 Awakewood
73% 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: Point & Click 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Mystery 6%
- #42 Pirated Code: Admin Edition
73% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: HollowmendPub: Viridian Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
When an AI program named Seren awakens to find they've been installed as the co-pilot of a smuggling ship, they'll have to rely on their newfound crewmates to help them find where they belong.
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Pirates 16.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #43 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Abigail Fuller
Windows · Linux
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Crime 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #44 Mystical Riddles: Ship From Beyond Collector's Edition
72% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
All hands on deck! A strange, oily fog has enveloped the waterfront of the port town of Quietcape, where local fishermen go, never to return again... Can you solve this mystery?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Point & Click 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Crime 12%
- #45 Cannibal Court
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choices Matter 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Point & Click 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%
- #46 Monologin
69% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Point & Click 20%, Visual Novel 19%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #47 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spicy Bread Productions LLC
Windows · Mac
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Your decisions determine how many clues are uncovered for the final player character, the detective. Explore each stage of grief: Chapter 1 stars Orven as he navigates the shocking deaths of his dream and his hero.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Point & Click 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #48 Among Us Story: On Guard
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Innersloth
Windows · Mac
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Point & Click 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 10.4%
- #49 Celebrity Hunter
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Geiko Games
Windows
The most ambitious indie adult VN with 70+ hours of gameplay! Live your wildest fantasies with 9 main characters (and dozens of others) in 3500+ 4k scenes. Create your cinematic story with 2100+ impactful choices and over 30 endings! After 3 mi downloads in Brazil, CH comes to seduce you!
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Crime 11.3%
- #50 Final Frame
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Inspired by Danganronpa and Ace Attorney series, Final Frame is a murder mystery Visual Novel set in modern Japan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Crime 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #51 Non-Linear Text Quests
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Linux
Non-Linear Text Quests is a bundle of text games of various genres. Here you can find interactive stories with branching plots and text-only versions of classic Point & Click quests, where you can communicate with different characters, use your inventory and combine items in various locations.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #52 AGERASIA
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Olivia WestmorlandPub: Rantan Games
Windows
Eight time periods from across human history collide in a competitive bid to stop the end of the world. Go from fighting monsters to solving a murder, dating sim to escape game. Experience seven vastly different routes in a bid to solve the mystery as to why you've all been brought together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Point & Click 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Comedy 6.3%
- #53 Camille and Laura
67% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: BonjourBorzoi
Windows
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Point & Click 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Comedy 7.8%
- #54 REFORI
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NEN
Windows
We are born, live through countless choices, and in the end, we die. Because death is not a choice, what you're given is the path, not its end. The ending is already written. Will you uncover the truth, or pretend not to know? REFORI: a mystery adventure where your choices shift the perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Nonlinear 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #55 Into the Waves
69% matchVery Positive92% of 91 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 22.1%, Point & Click 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.5%
- #56 The Assistant Season 2
67% matchVery Positive87% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Backhole
Windows · Mac
The Assistant is a choice-driven adult Visual Novel that combines adventure, suspense, action and sex. You play as a young man who gets a new job as a personal assistant for a wealthy family. You will meet the family members and see how your entire life changes because of this new job.
Why similar: Nonlinear 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 15%, Crime 14.2%
- #57 Lilith Was Dead
68% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Heat Wave Games
Windows · Mac
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Crime 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #58 Bistro Days
68% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Drunk Bunny GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Eat, drink, and fall in love at Bellflower Bistro. Bistro Days is a fun, over-the-top romantic story with choice-driven plots and multiple endings.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #59 Sammy Jukes: Twin Lakes
66% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Wamill
Windows
Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Point & Click 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Crime 13.4%
- #60 Loretta
65% matchVery Positive91% of 447 reviews2023
Dev: BonereadersPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Point & Click 17.1%, Crime 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%