60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel, Text-Based, Story Rich.
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
All (Too) Good Things
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.
THE DAY THAT WASN'T
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?
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: Text-Based 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
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: Nonlinear 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 12.1%
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 18.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主（你）从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆，发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异，恐怖致命的巨型怪物，你们能否成功逃脱？而这超自然的现象，似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Text-Based 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
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: Text-Based 18.8%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Text-Based 14%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 10%
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.2%, Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Choices Matter 9.9%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Nonlinear 15.8%, Investigation 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Text-Based 9.9%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer is a puzzle-driven adventure game set in a retro sci-fi universe. When the Endeavor stumbles into universe-shaking trouble, can you harness the power of the bureaucracy to rein in your crew’s worst impulses and survive to the next episode?
Why similar: Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Investigation 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
A fantasy visual novel featuring action, horror, and multiple endings to a tale of suspense, intrigue, desperation, and desire. Part I of The Enonoia Saga.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 11.2%
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 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Your words shape the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you write. No menus, no limits. Just type and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.3%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
A 60-minute adventure where all you do is glow.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Adventure 8.8%
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Horny Academy is an adult visual novel that blends interactive storytelling with a deep, branching narrative. Every choice you make leads to steamy animated scenes or unexpected twists within the mysterious walls of the magical Academy
Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Nonlinear 11.8%
Tayke Me With You is a visual novel about high school seniors and their struggles with each other and the world around them. You play as Gene, a sheltered, socially naive human from the city as he acclimates to living in a rural town filled with dinosaurs, finding friends (and love) along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.2%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
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 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%
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 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 12%
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Nonlinear 14%, Text-Based 12%, Story Rich 10.8%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Investigation 9.8%
「その選択肢、正気か？」シンプルなノベルゲームのはずなのに、とにかく“選択肢”がおかしい！？ 予想を超える展開が待ち受ける、奇想天外なテキストアドベンチャーゲーム！
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%
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: Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%
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: Nonlinear 17.8%, Text-Based 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
Embark on a thrilling journey through this highly engaging science fantasy visual novel with memorable characters and multiple endings. Journey through space, uncover the past and pull off a heist or two as you negotiate the pitfalls of friendship and a crumbling reality. Can you save the universe?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Text-Based 13%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Story Rich 9.5%
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
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 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Investigation 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%
When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%
主人公の前に突然現れた人工生命「レプリス」の少女・レゥ。人と変わらない感情を持つ彼女と過ごす中で、「心とは何か」「人間とは何か」という問いに向き合っていくSF恋愛アドベンチャー
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Adventure 8.8%
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Text-Based 13.1%
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
Why similar: Investigation 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%
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: Text-Based 20.2%, Nonlinear 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Nonlinear 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Investigation 9.7%
