- #1 Satoyama Note: Spring Walk
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 里山のおと
Windows · Mac
Satoyama Note: Spring Walk is a point-and-click game where you explore the woods in the springtime. Talk with animals and observe plants as you head through the forest on your journey to enjoy a meal under the cherry blossom tree!
Why similar: Nature 21.4%, Education 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Lore-Rich 9.2%
- #2 J-Town: A Visual Novel
96% matchPositive94% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Star Town
Windows · Mac
A friendly crash course in Japanese American history, culture, and community! Inspired by the real stories of the three historic Japantowns of California: San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles's Little Tokyo.
Why similar: Education 25%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 15%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Relaxing 10.2%
- #3 楚漢女子
96% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: 株式会社Viola
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ancient China, the era of the Chu-Han War. This is a historical novel adventure that depicts the "what ifs" of the two leaders of the Chu-Han War, Han Yu and Liu Bang. ---Your choice will be the guidepost of this story.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.5%, Education 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #4 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
95% matchVery Positive84% of 342 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Nature 17.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #5 おいでませ、こくりさん - Welcome Kokurisan -
94% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.Pub: Bloomz, Inc.
Windows
A short novel game with ASMR starring VTuber "Kurune Kokuri"! With the ASMR voices, players can enjoy a close situation with Kurune Kokuri.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Relaxing 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #6 The Most Boring Game
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel4DPub: LoveMyCreation Studio
Windows
A knowledge-based quiz journey wrapped in a storybook UI. Clear subject exams, earn medals and hint tokens, unlock achievements, and review missed questions with explanations supported by classical BGM and a gentle sense of progress.
Why similar: Education 41.5%, Text-Based 23.5%, Relaxing 12.1%, Nature 11.7%, Choices Matter 5.4%
- #7 VOICE
94% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: WTFMAN
Windows
VOICE is a game about the story of living in a dystopian world where speaking is forbidden.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.3%, Text-Based 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #8 Egg Hunter
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Lagomorph Rampant Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A magic glen full of magic creatures and bunnies. But the magic has been stolen and needs to be restored. Choices you make have dramatic effects. You help shape the story. The destiny of the Glen is in your hands!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Hand-drawn 20.1%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #9 Tower of the Ice Lich
91% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
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: Lore-Rich 21.1%, Text-Based 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #10 Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future
91% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Unagi
Windows · Mac
Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is an engaging strategy-based, multi-route historical visual novel. It is designed by a team of four undergraduate students associated with University of Texas, Austin's Japan Lab and Epoch Games Initiative.
Why similar: Education 29.5%, Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Text-Based 13.3%
- #11 Monologue: Winter melancholy
90% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectKukuevo
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this short but profound story, you will discover that the New Year is not only fun, but also a time for self-reflection. Immerse yourself in an emotional journey that will leave you thoughtful and perhaps with a new perspective on the meaning of this holiday.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
- #12 Moonless Moon
89% matchVery Positive93% of 299 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Relaxing 10.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #13 The Dreamwalkers
88% matchPositive93% of 29 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: Visual Novel 18.1%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Text-Based 13.5%
- #14 俺が私に変わった日…~Becoming a She~
89% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
Becoming a girl in a year!?Shyly, ended up transferring to a girl's academy in girl's clothes...
Why similar: Education 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 12.3%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #15 The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is
87% matchVery Positive98% of 296 reviews2021
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...
Why similar: Education 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Relaxing 10.6%
- #16 Little Mouse's Encyclopedia
86% matchVery Positive96% of 298 reviews2019
Dev: Circus Atos
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An interactive encyclopedia for kids and their parents.
Why similar: Education 38.8%, Nature 30.1%, Hand-drawn 20.3%, Family Friendly 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #17 Gnomestead
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GORT Industries
Windows
Cozy point-and-click game for kids with eight different activities revolving around seasonal farm chores throughout the year. Help gnomes with planting, harvesting, foraging, chopping wood, and more.
Why similar: Education 24.6%, Agriculture 15.9% ★, Nature 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.3%
- #18 First Steps in Learning about Pregnancy
84% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: エムテラス
Windows
Play as a pregnant woman experiencing daily life from early pregnancy to childbirth prep. Learn about local medical and support systems through interactive choices. Features 1-hour playtime and save/load. Great for those interested in healthcare, education, or social welfare
Why similar: Education 34.4%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Adventure 5.2%
- #19 Open Spaces SE
85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Queenship Game StudioPub: Queenship Game Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Education 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 15%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #20 Kanji Combi: Yakuzumo
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kugisoft
Windows
Practice and test your kanji knowledge! Drag and drop components to form the right kanji in the right place. While you learn, you help an overweight buffoon cheat his way through his first official sumo match! Some knowledge of Japanese language is required to play.
Why similar: Education 36.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Hand-drawn 17%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 4.5%
- #21 All (Too) Good Things
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
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 23.7%, Text-Based 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #22 Webgirls Programming Academy
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hat-Soft
Windows
Welcome to the Web Programming Academy!A school full of lovely girls.You can spend warm daily moments with them;or win their hearts with your programming skills! Whether you have programming experience or not,you can fully enjoy the gameand experience a relaxing and pleasant campus life here!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.1%, Education 25.4%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Text-Based 17.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #23 Whispers of Gold
82% 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: Visual Novel 21.5%, Hand-drawn 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #24 Before They Catch Us
80% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #25 Moonbriar
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Hand-drawn 10.8%
- #26 Telvoikai
81% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
- #27 10:16
78% matchVery Positive87% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: Catsket
Windows · Mac · Linux
To get to heaven, you must climb the Nine Circles of Hell. But you might never make it to the depths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Text-Based 20.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #28 Heart of mobius
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: gunsturn Inc.
Windows · Mac
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: Visual Novel 25%, Text-Based 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #29 Memories of Tomorrow
79% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Digital Bard Games
Windows
A Slice-of-life Anime Visual Novel about 4 friends trying to recapture old feelings. Has multiple story branches and endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
- #30 End of Lines
78% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Nature 20%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #31 Horny Academy
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wet Ink
Windows
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: Visual Novel 20.5%, Text-Based 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Choices Matter 11%
- #32 Professor of Magical Studies
77% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Professor of Magical Studies is an interactive magical school novel by Stephen Granade, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Education 31.4%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #33 The Quiet After
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows
The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #34 30 Days Another
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: THE BRICKS GAMES
Windows
「30 Days」 will change someone's life, maybe your life.
Why similar: Education 19%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #35 Drinking in the hot spring!
73% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Hummingway
Windows · Mac
"How about a drink?" In this heartwarming, conversation-driven visual novel, you step into the role of the leader of a hot spring drinking club. You'll help its colorful members navigate personal troubles, sometimes with the aid of a drink or two, and see their challenges through to resolution.
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Nature 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Relaxing 12.3%
- #36 Poisoned Path
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inspiration Overload Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poisoned Path is a deep visual novel set in a mysterious atmosphere, where your choices determine the story's fate. Uncover dark secrets and chart your own course.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.4%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #37 Pencil Plus: The Wrath of The Spankster
75% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Rocky Mountain Vault Studios
Windows
Pencil Plus: The Wrath of the Spankster is an interactive novel style choose your own adventure game in which players take the role of Conner, a normal high school kid that gains a very unique super power: the ability to pull limitless pencils out of his pockets.
Why similar: Education 34.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Multiple Endings 6.5%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #38 The Test: Reality Check
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 632 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Education 23.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #39 Small phrases Great stories
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Mardozux Studio
Windows
Learning a language may be a challenge, happily here you practice playing, as fast you evolve faster you unlock new skills in-game and in life.
Why similar: Education 37.9%, Text-Based 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Relaxing 7.2%
- #40 Taina's Cursed Legacy
73% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #41 NOAH: 2050
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Team NOAH
Windows
『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Text-Based 20.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #42 Autumn Spirit
73% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: SynstoriaPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Hunted by anxiety, you exiled yourself to a lonely mountain inhabited by a ghost and his regrets.
Why similar: Nature 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
- #43 Near-Mage
71% matchVery Positive91% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Stuck In Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Attend a magic school, learn spells, and explore a folklore-rich Transylvania in this hand-crafted narrative adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #44 The Seabed's Shining Star
71% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Circle TSUKIYAKI
Windows
Under the hazy moon, a shrine maiden meets a star. A short visual novel of a two person conversation. Cup ramen recommended.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Hand-drawn 24%, Text-Based 20.7%, Relaxing 11.8%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #45 Genji Reincarnation: The Seven Mysteries of Shirahata High
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: MOON USAGI
Windows
Friendship or fate—what will they choose? A karmic and occult visual novel where urban legends blur the line between life, death, and reincarnation.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #46 Royal Duality
72% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Hyakuten Games
Windows
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Lore-Rich 19.8%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #47 Trees and Jellyfish
70% match6 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: TrefleV
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a questionable decision, Coral gains the ability to talk to jellyfish. Isn't it just so convenient that there's seven of them in her class?
Why similar: Text-Based 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Multiple Endings 15%, Nature 12.5%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #48 Stay Alive For Me
69% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #49 Mass of Consumption
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #50 VOID RED
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: チーム引きこもり
Windows · Mac
An interactive card game that stirs memories and emotions. In silence, the cards speak, touching the depths of the heart. Philosophical space and tension quietly envelop the players.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Text-Based 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #51 Wildheart Gourmet
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: psuth.art
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unlock the mysteries of a strange yet familiar world and forage real wild plants & herbs in this curious, peaceful adventure! An experimental interactive fiction cook-em-up with educational elements.
Why similar: Education 35.9%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Text-Based 17%, Nature 15.6%, Family Friendly 6.2%
- #52 Tipsy Cat
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Astergame
Windows
Tipsy Cat is a choice-based adventure novel game. The game progresses by players choosing which records to play that day. Records are either drawn by lottery or purchased with in-game currency, so players can choose their records in a variety of ways. Enjoy the novel part along with the music.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Relaxing 20.8%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 14.9%
- #53 Vogvhathos
68% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows
As an elf in a panicked flight from home, you discover a more dangerous secret: a human claiming to be a dragon.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Lore-Rich 13.1%
- #54 Electric Sleep
70% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Vlad Abadzhiev-JahnPub: Emotion and Soul
Windows · Mac · Linux
Electric Sleep is a pixel art interactive story. Explore a crumbling world through the perspective of different emotions.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Atmospheric 3.7%
- #55 Wanderlust: Travel Stories
69% matchVery Positive83% of 132 reviews2019
Dev: Different Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.
Why similar: Education 19%, Nature 15.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #56 Stamped: an anti-travel game
67% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Kawika GuillermoPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows
Stamped follows the journeys of six young travelers whose paths intersect across Asian urban landscapes. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from city to city, confronting the grief and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.
Why similar: Education 25.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #57 Resonance of the Ocean
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,165 reviews2022
Dev: Image Labo
Windows · Mac
Pick up what the waves wash ashore to make instruments. Use those instruments to answer the echoes heard from beyond the ocean.
Why similar: Nature 28.1%, Lore-Rich 22.6%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Relaxing 17.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #58 memOriedit
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: いちか鉢
Windows · Mac
An adventure exploring two distinct types of information: conversation and memory. A district two stations away from the city, a night district who exude a atmosphere of alluring “Just listen to their desires, then do whatever you like.” —Told ya?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Text-Based 23%, Multiple Endings 12%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #59 X.E.H.A. Rogue
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Visual Novel 20%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Text-Based 10.1%, Relaxing 9%
- #60 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
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: Visual Novel 27.2%, Text-Based 26.5%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%