- #1 時折記 -Tokioriki-
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological 14.7%, Time Travel 12.2% ★, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Mystery 10.6%
- #2 The VII Enigma
96% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fate, love, death... Can the enigma be solved? 『The VII Enigma』is a character-driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Set in a shadowy world of dystopian conspiracy, you must defy the fabric of reality, navigating the desperate path to the 'true end' against the tyranny of time itself.
Why similar: Time Travel 22.4% ★, Psychological 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #3 Bound Between Desks
96% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #4 Ashen Reverie
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Psychological 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Supernatural 11.2%, Mystery 10.7%
- #5 Time Tenshi
94% match9 user reviews30% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Cow Studio
Windows
Join the Time Tenshi on their thrilling adventures through time! Make key decisions to influence the story's outcome... and maybe even go on a date!
Why similar: Time Travel 18.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Anime 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #6 Poison Noir: Desire, Time & Gangsters
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Brunomir
Windows
A breathtaking visual novel that will make you live through two eras filled with love, terrifying mysteries, and bullets. Follow Jake as he travels back and forth between the 90s and the Prohibition era of the 20s, and make choices that will determine his fate.
Why similar: Time Travel 21.9% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Anime 9.3%, Mystery 8.8%
- #7 ISLAND
93% matchVery Positive95% of 1,753 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 154.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Time Travel 21.2% ★, Visual Novel 20.3%, Anime 13%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #8 start;again
92% matchVery Positive95% of 182 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Why similar: Time Travel 15.3% ★, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Supernatural 9.6%
- #9 STEINS;GATE 0
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,091 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 125.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.4% ★, Visual Novel 20.4%, Anime 10.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #10 STEINS;GATE
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,836 reviews2016
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 66.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.5% ★, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 10.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #11 The Shaman: What's in Your House?
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Myosi
Windows
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 11.6%, Supernatural 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #12 Ubel
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Mystery 16.5%, Anime 13.1%, Psychological 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #13 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,381 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Psychological 25.3%, Mystery 18.2%, Anime 12.9%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #14 Advent: Dawn
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Descend… and decide. Trapped deep underground with six strangers, every choice pulls you closer to the truth in an emotional sci-fi mystery visual novel where survival means questioning everything.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 15.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Anime 10.6%
- #15 Date Warp
88% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 23.9% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #16 Confinio: Reality Prison
86% 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: Psychological 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #17 Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FUF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Mystery 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Anime 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #18 LOOP THE LOOP The Mansion of Gluttony
85% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: sweet ampoule
Windows
A closed-circle mystery visual novel where twelve people wake up inside a bizarre, impossible mansion—and a string of murders begins. Read from Remi’s point of view as you piece together the truth through his thoughts and conversations. Linear, text-focused, Japanese/English supported.
Why similar: Psychological 24.8%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Mystery 19.1%, Supernatural 12%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #19 Parallel Convergence
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: NYEKO Studio
Windows
A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?
Why similar: Time Travel 30% ★, Visual Novel 21.1%, Anime 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #20 泥舟と罪人
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NONALCOHOL.
Windows · Mac
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Psychological 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Mystery 10.1%
- #21 STEINS;GATE ELITE
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,651 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 273.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.4% ★, Visual Novel 24.1%, Anime 13.5%, Story Rich 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #22 The Retro Exorcist
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chestpain Studios
Windows
You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #23 Peak or Die
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: House of Morok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Psychological 17%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #24 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 485 reviews2025
Dev: NITRO ORIGINPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Supernatural 9.9%
- #25 Ghost of the Quadrangle
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VNhub
Windows · Mac
A choice-driven visual novel set at Blackthorn Academy, where you uncover hidden secrets, shape relationships, and influence rival factions through branching decisions in a dark story of mystery, romance, revenge, and multiple possible outcomes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Story Rich 12.1%, Romance 11%
- #26 Canceled
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Mystery 12%, Time Travel 11.7% ★, Romance 9.7%
- #27 STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.
Why similar: Time Travel 22.5% ★, Visual Novel 20.1%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Romance 7.8%
- #28 Shadows of Ambition: Season 1
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abyss Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a dark, choice-driven visual novel where ambition, lust, and power collide. Build relationships, shape your future, and uncover the secrets hidden beneath a world driven by desire and corruption.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Romance 11.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #29 BAD END
79% 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 17.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Psychological 12.7%, Anime 11.6%
- #30 1000: The All-Mother's Embrace
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
Do you love me now?
Why similar: Psychological 37.8%, Visual Novel 20%, Anime 12.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Romance 8.6%
- #31 MINE MEMORY
76% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 33.6%, Mystery 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #32 Glass Hearts
77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Aedian Glair
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Romance 9%
- #33 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
78% matchVery Positive90% of 598 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Anime 14.1%, Story Rich 11%
- #34 Rising Odds
74% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Lone Fox Studio
Windows
Participate in the Death Game "Rising Odds", a psychological horror visual novel, with dark and gore themes. Your choices will decide how this story ends!
Why similar: Time Travel 21.4% ★, Psychological 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Mystery 10.5%
- #35 SYNESTHESIA
75% matchPositive100% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
🌀 Is there an escape to the endless spiral?🌀 『SYNESTHESIA』 is an emotive, character driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Join a group of college students with strange cognitive powers, who soon discover something is amiss at the institute sworn to help them...
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Anime 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #36 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Psychological 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Supernatural 11.1%
- #37 Jaden & Jasmine II: Lost Memories
76% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Ladell Parks
Windows
It's been exactly one month since Jaden Black was shot and betrayed by Jasmine Miles. Did she complete her mission? Well in Lost Memories you not only find that out, but you find out what Harmony’s motive was. This game follows the events of the first game Jaden & Jasmine: The Curse of Deception.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Mystery 15.8%, Anime 12.9%, Choices Matter 12%
- #38 Echoes of the Skyfire
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Citara Studios
Windows
Echoes of the Skyfire is a character-driven RPG where you choose and shape your protagonist, align with a faction, and influence relationships with your party companions, romance, and fate. Engage in epic turn-based battles, travel through time, and explore legendary kingdoms!
Why similar: Time Travel 19.8% ★, Turn-Based Combat 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 12%, Anime 9.5%
- #39 3Paths
73% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Trturist
Windows
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Psychological 23.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 13%, Anime 11%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #40 After School Cure
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kasabot Games
Windows
In After School Cure (Adventure Game / Visual Novel) play as the spirit Kimiko, and recruit a new member to the spirits living in the school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Psychological 14.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #41 Sundy Stairway
73% matchMixed69% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Join Sunday, a 14-year-old boy who moves with his family to Calendar Town, where mysterious deaths and suicide cases seem to occur. Tragedy will come when one of his relatives is found dead in his home. Help Sunday and his friends on this visual novel rpg with dreamcore and aesthetic style.
Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 10.7%, Anime 9.5%
- #42 Dreambound
72% 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: Psychological 18%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 13.8%, Anime 9.2%, Romance 8.7%
- #43 A Totally Normal Love Story
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Something Hippo
Windows · Mac
Made for people who love Hallmark movies — and people who love to hate them. A totally normal love story in a perfectly ordinary small town, where nothing weird ever happens…or so you’re told.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Mystery 15.3%, Romance 13%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #44 IIT Quest
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IQHQ Pub: IQHQ
Windows
Is it okay to kill 6 billion people to avenge the deaths of 2 billion? In this epic sci-fi visual novel, make tough choices to solve "impossible" problems, unlock branching paths and achieve multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Time Travel 19.5% ★, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #45 Metahorror Therapy Session
69% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Meiri GamesPub: ZNT Productions
Windows · Mac
Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session. Can you unravel the truth behind your patient's lies, and live to tell the tale? A psychological mystery developed by a psychologist.
Why similar: Time Travel 23.7% ★, Psychological 20.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #46 Trauma - Visual Novel
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KyleKun
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Trauma, a free-to-play short visual novel full of mysteries. Will you ever be able to smile again?
Why similar: Psychological 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 15.3%, Romance 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #47 Head AS Code
71% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Miracle Moon
Windows
The first entry of the Abime Series. Eight captives must cooperate or compete to escape an underground subway under the manipulation of a dangerous psychopath. Can you really trust anyone? What about yourself? And what is the meaning of a good ending? Is reaching one even possible?
Why similar: Psychological 15.4%, Mystery 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #48 囚人カウンセリング
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MoshikabaStudio
Windows
An interactive prison adventure. You play as a psychiatrist, working one-on-one with inmates who have committed crimes. Use case files to choose appropriate responses and hand out items from the drawer to maintain their trust. Your choices can either open up or close the inmates.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Psychological 21.7%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #49 Memory Girl +
69% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #50 Surreality Check
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Absurdity Interactive
Windows
An absurdist, psychological choose your own adventure, Surreality check has the player helping Rowan Roach discover the meaning of his life through therapy sessions with the Universe personified. The Universe being a massive tool doesn't help matters.
Why similar: Psychological 19%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Supernatural 11%
- #51 Re:Fragment ~Absolute Ambition~
68% matchVery Positive94% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: AstralSeal
Windows · Mac · Linux
We all dream of a bright future ahead, but life doesn't always turn out how we expect. Yuuma, the protagonist, lives a peaceful life until the student council president proposes a new controversial policy that changes everything they once knew forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Choices Matter 15%, Anime 12.7%, Romance 11%
- #52 The Schizophrenic Dynasty of Müller
70% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Mutkrakt
Windows
In this visual novel you're a voice in schizophrenic heads of dynasty Müller. You pass from generation to generation and you countrol your schizophrenic, talking sometimes with him. The important thing is, you shouldn't let your schizophrenic die without offspring, otherwise you'll die with him.
Why similar: Time Travel 24.5% ★, Psychological 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #53 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
69% matchVery Positive93% of 7,129 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #54 The Day Before You Gone
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Aequalis Studio
Windows
An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!
Why similar: Time Travel 25.1% ★, Psychological 22.1%, Quick-Time Events 19.3% ★, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #55 My Silly Science Summer in the Past
66% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: TBFPub: TLS
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel for girls: Experience a fun time travel adventure and make friends with some quirky girls at a science camp. Will you solve the mysteries and find your way back to your time? Your choices make your own story! Full with challenging puzzle games, and unique endings.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #56 Horrors of Helmsfirth
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Choices Matter 18%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 12.6%
- #57 Dance of the Butterflies
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parupuro Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your twin sister is missing. Under her name, you uncover a deadly system where 50 people compete for a Wish powerful enough to change anything. The price of entry is a piece of yourself, signed away in a contract. Survive. Find her. And try not to lose yourself to the people you meet along the way.
Why similar: Psychological 27.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Romance 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%
- #58 GESTALT: Memoria
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KINJAKO
Windows
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt still lives in a haunted house. The sequel title to GESTALT: The Fifth Day, Wicke is forced to confront her past in this point-and-click psychological horror title with multiple scenarios, branching narratives, challenging puzzles and tense situations.
Why similar: Time Travel 20.9% ★, Psychological 15.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Supernatural 10.3%
- #59 A Quiet Place Between Us
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Papersoul Games
Windows · Mac
A beautiful romance visual novel where love blossoms gently before drifting toward heartbreak. Guide Hina and Kenta through a warm yet fragile relationship shaped by outside pressure, hidden motives, and painful choices leading to emotional multiple endings.
Why similar: Psychological 24.5%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Romance 12.6%, Story Rich 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10%