Games Like Forsaken Woods

Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.

Why similar: Text-Based 24.6%, Thriller 22.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Adventure 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%

After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Thriller 18%, Text-Based 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Conversation 13.7%

『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Text-Based 21.6%, Conversation 14%, Choices Matter 8.5%

All the characters are in strange poses, but that's normal for this game. A school romance novel game set in a strange world.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Visual Novel 23%, Text-Based 16.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Conversation 12.7%

"Sign White" is a text visual novel set in a fictionalized medieval era. Send letters from your pigeon house to communicate with people for a limited period of time. Make connections to save people, listen to their worries, and participate in important decisions to change the fate of the world.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Text-Based 26.9%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 1.7%

An adventure game where you aim to escape a storied mansion with a mysterious girl named "Haru" who you meet there.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Thriller 19.9%, Text-Based 18.1%, Adventure 12.1%

Love remembers you. Even if you’ve forgotten.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32%, Text-Based 28.9%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Adventure 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Izumi, the demon girl you accidentally captured. A novel adventure game where you gradually connect hearts as you spend your days together with Izumi.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Visual Novel 28.3%, Text-Based 21.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.8%, Text-Based 26.6%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Adventure 10%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...

Why similar: Text-Based 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 5.4%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Text-Based 25.5%, Visual Novel 24%, Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%

Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.9%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Text-Based 23.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%

The Mall Explodes! is a visual novel about a security guard with only a few minutes to stop a bomb from exploding in a shopping mall. Figure out who the bomber is and stop them before it's too late!

Why similar: Thriller 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Adventure 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%

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 29.7%, Text-Based 22.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Conversation 14.3%, Choices Matter 6.2%

My second spring in high school. Surrounded by my dreamy upperclassman, that classmate I'm interested in, and my childhood friend who's a year younger than me. She's been in the search for a boyfriend who would look at her, and only her. The protagonist Chika decides to confess her feelings to……

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Visual Novel 28.4%, Text-Based 21%, Adventure 16.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

It is a multi-ending novel game depicting the fan of VTuber "Toaru" "Hinade-chan" and "I" go to an off-line meeting and finish the off-line meeting.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Text-Based 18.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Adventure 10.1%

Spend a week at your uncle’s house in this short visual novel.From time to time, a special “Pursue” button will appear, guiding the story toward one of two endings.Approx. 30 minutes playtimeTwo possible endingsRated R12[Features]The “Pursue” button cannot be skipped.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Text-Based 21%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 1.8%

サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場！ シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Text-Based 27.4%, Visual Novel 26%, Adventure 15.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%

「これは何を手にするために、何かを失う物語」 季節は変わり冬になる。死神の条件のために主人公、長谷部涼平は菅野雪乃への恋心を自覚するが、彼女の親友に想いを寄せられてしまい、今度は三角関係の当事者になってしまった。自分の未来を掴むためにも菅野雪乃との両思いを目指すことになるが…。青春群像劇ビジュアルドラマ三部作の最終章が遂に開幕！

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Text-Based 24.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Conversation 8.4%

"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Text-Based 18.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%

怖すぎるにも ほどがある。新聞部は、夏休み前の学校新聞で「学校の七不思議」を特集することになった。七人の学生を集めて、彼らから怖い話を聞き、それを特集としてまとめるのだ。新聞部三年生の日野から命を受け、新入部員の坂上修一はその集会の聞き役を担当することになった。集会当日、放課後の新聞部部室に日野によって集められた七人の語り部と聞き役の坂上修一は初めて顔を合わせる。しかし、七人集められたはずの語り部は、何故か六人しかいなかった。七人目が姿を見せぬまま始まる七不思議の集会。七人目は、現れるのか。そして、この集会の終わりに待っているのは……。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Text-Based 27.3%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Adventure 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

The main character is looked down upon at her part-time job. Using a hypnotic object given to him by a college senior, we'll test the mother and daughter by making them do various naughty things.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Text-Based 23.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Choices Matter 7.2%

Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.1%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Thriller 23.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Adventure 4.2%

The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.3%, Text-Based 25.3%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Adventure 7.6%

Enjoy the warm family trip.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Visual Novel 28.3%, Text-Based 21.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%

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 26%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Thriller 22.6%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%

This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Text-Based 20%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 1.7%

It is a Japanese visual novel game. It is a game to read texts. Enjoy the story of anguish, conflict, dreams and hope. There is no branching depending on the choices, but you can have a rich story experience like a movie.

Why similar: Text-Based 31%, Visual Novel 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 2.5%

何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.8%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Text-Based 18%, Conversation 13.6%, Choices Matter 5.9%

「彼は本当に精神疾患なのか？それとも……」 精神科医である道島（主人公）は、ある入院患者の担当を任される。母親を刺したというその少年は、 奇妙な幻聴の症状を抱えており……。貴方は神話生物の魔の手から逃れ、生き延びる事が出来るのか…！？

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Text-Based 21%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 1.8%

Enjoy watching how team members react to the various mishaps that occur during the intensive training camp.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.1%, Visual Novel 32.3%, Adventure 19.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

お騒がせ少女たちが東南アジアで難民に！？「さぁたん」たちの地元・日本列島が沈没しちゃった。あれやこれやで「かがみ」がトゥクトゥク化！謎の小包を運ばされる一行に忍び寄る影とはいったい…？──「ORIGINAL VIDEOGAME of ASIA」略して「OVA」！もうネオ昭和とか関係ないけど腹をくくれ！

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Text-Based 22.2%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 1.8%

Electric Sleep is a pixel art interactive story. Explore a crumbling world through the perspective of different emotions.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.7%, Text-Based 30.8%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 1.9%

Be consumed by darkness and light in this humorous psychological thriller adventure!

Why similar: Thriller 41.7%, Visual Novel 30.8%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 7%

Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Adventure 19.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Your small town is slowly becoming corrupted by a mysterious evil, In a dream you get a premonition of your own death. How do you avoid an unknown fate? Spend your final moments wisely in this choice-based psychological horror visual novel game.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Visual Novel 21%, Thriller 18.5%, Conversation 12%, Text-Based 11.8%

A man awoke by the lake with no memory. Guided by a pilgrim, he discovers he was once the sorcerer Merlin—and learns the truth about the "Saint" who sealed him away. A dark fantasy visual novel about unrequited love. Three endings await.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Text-Based 25.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 1.6%

Enjoy your new life living with your brother's wife, who suddenly appeared.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Visual Novel 28.3%, Text-Based 21.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34%, Text-Based 26.1%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 1.8%

The first visual novel game of The Ancient Magus' Bride!

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Text-Based 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Adventure 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%

少女達の「最期の一日」を辿り、真相を紐解いていく

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.6%, Visual Novel 28.6%, Text-Based 21.7%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 1.6%

Immerse yourself in ChatNPC, a retro pixel-art adventure where every conversation unlocks new stories. Interact with unique AI-driven characters, explore vibrant settings, and shape your journey through dynamic dialogue in this engaging, simplified RPG experience.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Text-Based 20.6%, Conversation 19.2%, Choices Matter 4.2%

Immerse yourself in romantic visual stories where you control what happens!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Text-Based 16.4%, Conversation 14.7%, Thriller 12.7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Text-Based 25.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.4%

An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Text-Based 19.1%, Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 7%

少年よ、美少女よりも可愛くなれ。 女装覚醒アドベンチャー「ボク姫PROJECT」。 女子生徒率99％の超お嬢様学校「私立百合愛学園」。 その学園のルールは「可愛さ」こそ全て。 女装少年 ｖｓ 超美少女！前代未聞の「可愛さ」対決が――今始まる！

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.4%, Visual Novel 29.7%, Conversation 18.8%, Adventure 16.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

A novel game about experiencing first love that begins in the rainy season.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.1%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Text-Based 17.5%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 1.7%

An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 17.6%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Adventure 12.1%

You can enjoy the sex life of the lovers. The heroine's sex technique is especially wonderful. The hero is tossed around, but he boldly tries his best to satisfy the heroine.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Text-Based 20.9%, Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 6.6%

This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.

Why similar: Thriller 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 15.8%, Conversation 15.7%

Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.6%, Text-Based 32.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Indie 4.7%

When the past awakens, the future bleeds. A full length cinematic sci-fi mystery visual novel where augmented reality, history, AI technology and murder collide in the heart of Kyoto.

Why similar: Text-Based 41.3%, Visual Novel 39.5%, Adventure 17%, Singleplayer 2.3%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Thriller 17.3%, Adventure 12.7%, Text-Based 11%

Knock things over. Take a nap. Enslave humanity. It's the biggest text-based cat simulator ever, over 600,000 words! They will give you belly rubs, or else.

Why similar: Text-Based 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.8%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 4.4%

矛盾を見つけ、相談者の悩みを解決する怪異判定アドベンチャー

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Text-Based 26.7%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 1.7%

An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.

Why similar: Thriller 21.9%, Text-Based 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Conversation 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%

Red Experience is a multi-ending 2D Adventure Death Game where choices dictate fate. Amnesiac 'Sooyeon Hong' must participate in a brutal game. Uncover the mystery behind the death game to find the truth. Only your decisions can save her and reveal the full reality. Choose wisely!

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Thriller 23.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, Adventure 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%

In "Fragment's Note+ AfterStory," you can enjoy the story following the previous title's events, "Fragment's Note+." Join them to see what kind of future Yukiha's choices will create!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Text-Based 23.2%, Adventure 17%, Singleplayer 1.1%

人気コンカフェ「troisième(トロワジエム)」で。 嬢を送迎する「送りドライバー」として働く主人公はある日、店長から依頼を受ける。 「最近、どうにもウチの子たちの様子がヘンなの。どこか仕事に身が入っていないというか……」 「そこでアンタ、送りの時にそれとなく事情を聞き出してもらえないかしら？」 嬢たちの事情を暴き、 依頼を遂行するか？それとも禁断の愛を育むか……？ 決断は、アナタの手に委ねられています……。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.1%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Text-Based 26.2%, Adventure 4.8%, Indie 1.7%

A mystery adventure where a boy travels back to Edo-period Japan and investigates grotesque murders in Yoshiwara's pleasure quarter. Using a time-loop system, players uncover the truth by replaying events and piecing together clues.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Thriller 22.6%, Text-Based 21.6%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Adventure 8.5%