- #1 Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth is a story game about love, lost, hope, grief, medication, meditation and more. You will be the our nameless character and experience his memories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Point & Click 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #2 目を閉じてプレイするゲーム「星の記す真実」
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamKomori
Windows
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 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
- #3 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
96% matchPositive90% of 21 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 14.1%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Point & Click 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #4 イカスミポーション
94% matchVery Positive99% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Nyamoli@
Windows
"イカスミ"でポーションをつくる!?怪しいポーション屋さんのイカ『スミミ』と共に、個性豊かな人外キャラクター達にポーションを売るアドベンチャーゲーム!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Point & Click 10.7%
- #5 Change the World
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Hand-drawn 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #6 Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,130 reviews2025
Dev: TYPE-MOONPub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 64.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Relive the four days of destiny...
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Point & Click 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, 2D Platformer 12.3%
- #7 Whispers of Gold
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 17%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%
- #8 One Night Stand
93% matchVery Positive90% of 779 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: Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Point & Click 13.3%
- #9 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
91% 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 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Hand-drawn 12%
- #10 Jill O' Lantern: Final Cut
91% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Screen Savor Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Point & Click 15.2%, Hand-drawn 15%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%
- #11 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
89% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Point & Click 11%
- #12 Matsuro Palette
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 543 reviews2020
Dev: SleepingMuseumPub: KEMCO
Windows
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Point & Click 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #13 AGERASIA
87% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 20.4%, Point & Click 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.4%
- #14 Vision Ghost 2
88% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: 巧娃工坊
Windows
This case takes us to a large mansion located deep in the mountains. In this small world almost cut off from the outside, the main leadership of a large company resides. They harbor secrets unknown to outsiders, which will gradually be revealed due to the occurrence of an accidental incident...
Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Romance 11.7%, Point & Click 11.5%
- #15 Ezrebeth
85% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #16 Along the Edge
86% matchVery Positive82% of 1,090 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Romance 10%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #17 AIXIN: Goddess' Love
84% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: 7th Ascension
Windows
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Romance 13.8%, Emotional 10.8%
- #18 My Dear Frankenstein -English Edition-
86% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: NUMBER7Pub: Moonchime Studios
Windows · Mac
Play as man-made boy, Adam, in this emotional adventure. Explore the city at night in search of the fragments of his heart!
Why similar: Point & Click 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Emotional 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Adventure 9.6%
- #19 Welcome, Dear Human
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kiki CanPub: Ronkad
Windows · Mac · Linux
The dating simulator is alive and wants you... to date monsters! Your choices determine if they are kind or horrifying. Can you survive every encounter and discover something meaningful?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
- #20 Travelling Light
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Point & Click 14.9%
- #21 Storyteller
82% matchVery Positive89% of 9,231 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 19.5%, Point & Click 16.8%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Romance 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #22 Forest of Death Masks
82% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Detective 7.4%
- #23 After the Wane
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Emotional 9.6%
- #24 The Puppet's Casket
79% matchNo user reviews79% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Tapromance
Windows
The Puppet's Casket is a 2D puzzle adventure set in a mysterious Victorian manor. Navigate among eerie marionettes, solve intricate puzzles, and gather clues to seize the artificial eye and uncover the truth behind the Thorn family's tragic downfall.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Point & Click 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Adventure 11%
- #25 Ending the Happy Route
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Water Phoenix
Windows
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Romance 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Emotional 11.3%
- #26 Serena: Dark confessions
81% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Lesson of Passion
Windows
An erotic visual novel full of meaningful choices mixed with adventure game elements, non-linear story resulting in 9 diverse endings. Multiple narrators and characters you care about. All with 4k visuals, sex animations and awesome cumshots.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Point & Click 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Romance 8.3%
- #27 The Golden Horde: Story of Jambul
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doomers Entertainment
Windows
The first historical visual novel. 13th century - steppe, steel, and intrigue. Subedei and Jebe lead their armies westward, and it is up to you to decide: will history remain as written in the chronicles, or will you rewrite it anew?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Point & Click 13%, Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #28 EmyLiveShow: Case of Four Hot Witnesses
78% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Team Emily
Windows · Mac
A rookie investigator's first case leads them to four sexy girls. It can stop them... or make them even more determined to find the solution.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Romance 9.4%
- #29 In Your Hands
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nibble & HopPub: Lusty Robots
Windows · Mac
A psychological horror sound novel. A child who lost memories wakes in a ruined building. Explore unsettling space. Open cabinets, speak to adults, grab a weapon—or do nothing? Help the child escape. Help the judgment. Whatever you choose, do it with your own hands. Then… face the consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #30 Pine: A Story of Loss
77% matchVery Positive77% of 260 reviews2024
Dev: Made Up GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Point & Click 13.5%, Romance 13.1%, Emotional 13%
- #31 Aletta - Visual Novel
80% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Hand-drawn 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Adventure 12%, Emotional 7.5%
- #32 The Dreamwalkers
76% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Nightbloomer Studio
Windows
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #33 ナカノ人格移植研究所
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
"The Nakano Laboratory" is a loop-based mystery 2D adventure game. Within each loop of 15 minutes, you take over researchers' bodies to gather clues around the ship, then present your evidence at the meeting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Adventure 10.1%
- #34 Endless Monday: In Progress
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Hand-drawn 15.9%
- #35 A Week to Remember
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Letterflux Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Elliot recover his memories and unlock the truth of what happened before it's too late. A Mexican-American gothic, boys' love visual novel, featuring interactive spell crafting and point-and-click exploration.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Hand-drawn 11%, Emotional 10.5%
- #36 Camille and Laura
74% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: BonjourBorzoi
Windows
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Point & Click 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Adventure 11.6%
- #37 Neighbor's Busty Wife
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: みかん畑
Windows
Adult visual novel about your busty neighbor, Ninomiya. After a certain event, the protagonist grows closer to her and their relationship becomes more intimate. Features full voice acting, Live2D animations, event CGs, recollection mode, and multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Romance 19.6%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Adventure 11.8%
- #38 Kluber's Adventure
73% 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 22.3%, Hand-drawn 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Point & Click 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #39 Fly to Butterfly Valley
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Magical Yuto
Windows
Her eyes were glued to those wings as they danced across the clear blue sky, heading towards a new world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.8%, Point & Click 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Emotional 10.9%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
- #40 Cascade Falls
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Paranormal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Romance 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #41 Don't Let Me Fade
71% matchVery Positive99% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Point & Click 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Adventure 13.1%, Emotional 8.8%
- #42 Beihai 2010
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Raumkapsel
Windows · Mac
An emotional point-and-click adventure about youth, love, and growing up. Explore Namo's memories and uncover a touching story of friendship and first love in the city of Beihai.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 18%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Romance 12.1%, Point & Click 11.6%
- #43 The Zoo
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
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 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Hand-drawn 12.3%
- #44 Reminiscence in the Rain
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: 『縋想』プロジェクト
Windows · Mac
The world's most "sentimental" tale. "Let's go away together." Those were Yuika Aoi's last words. It was the winter of my first year of college. She disappeared, without a trace. Where had she gone? - only the flower knows.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Emotional 11.2%
- #45 南海饥年志
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Framea Studios
Windows
乱世饥年,岭南盐沼中的丰浦仍有热饭与灯火。你是账房执笔者江砚:翻名册、核份额,把「添丰」与「归丰」一笔一笔记清楚。供期临近,潮路、闭门规矩与人们过分周全的好意,让熟悉的日常渐渐显出不对劲。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Adventure 11.1%
- #46 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,011 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Multiple Endings 14.8%
- #47 Mystery Island:Enigmatic Painting
69% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
After a difficult journey, Ada officially became a detective. This disappearance commission seemed extraordinary. During the exploration of the ancient castle, it seemed that a series of strange events also surfaced...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Point & Click 20.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Adventure 12.4%, 2D Platformer 9.4%
- #48 Evil Spirits
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Point & Click 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #49 K-Drama Game 1
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: H999 Games
Windows
Step into a dramatic K-drama mystery where nothing is quite what it seems. Investigate suspicious behavior, uncover hidden evidence, compare contradictions, and piece together the lies that reveal what really happened.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Point & Click 13.1%, Romance 9.5%
- #50 Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOKUNIKU
Windows
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Point & Click 16%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Mystery 9.3%
- #51 Bleeding Moons
70% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: IAN GamesPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Bleedings Moons is an interactive story revolving around the themes of fate, duty and free will. Your actions and decisions will shape the story of the game, so that Ian's story will be your story, with the logical consequences of your choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Point & Click 12.7%
- #52 The Second Reality Room: Unspoken Truths
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shadow GlovePub: FINE Co., Ltd.
Windows
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Point & Click 9.2%
- #53 Chronicles from the Abyss
67% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
Chronicles from the Abyss is a collection of 4 twisted Horror & Thriller stories that will play on the darkest corners of your mind, & every choice drips with dread. Twisted plots, haunting art, and chilling secrets await. Ready to uncover what lurks beneath?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Point & Click 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%
- #54 环梦症 - Cycloid oneirism
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 人理说工作室
Windows
This is a visual novel with a hybrid pixel art style. From the protagonist's perspective, you recall fragments of the past and unravel the spiral of tragedy and silence. When the boundary between dreams and reality grows blurred and fragile, will you make the same choice as him?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, Hand-drawn 15%, Adventure 7.6%
- #55 Rewrite - DYH
70% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2020
Dev: DYHPub: WinCode
Windows · Linux
Rewrite - DYH - A game that changes every time you play!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #56 ELISSA :Body in the bedroom
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KANUE
Windows · Mac
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Point & Click 16.9%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Detective 9.7%
- #57 In Search of the Ice Pop
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guanpeng Chen
Windows · Mac
A short, nostalgic slice-of-life visual novel with a coming-of-age story about a forgotten ice pop and the girl who once felt like a big sister to you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Point & Click 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.6%
- #58 Royal Romances: Battle of the Woods Collector's Edition
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
It's time to make your choice! Experience a new fantasy world, full of adventure and romance! Go through the first four episodes of the story and wait for more games!
Why similar: Point & Click 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #59 Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
65% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Sungazer Software LLC
Windows
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Point & Click 16.7%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Detective 10.6%