- #1 My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life
97% matchVery Positive81% of 903 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions have to be made. Or meaningful, to such an extent, that there is nothing left once they are made.
Why similar: Psychological 41.8%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Indie 3.7%
- #2 囚人カウンセリング
96% 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: Visual Novel 28.2%, Psychological 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Adventure 10.2%
- #3 Snowy Heaven
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reinfree
Windows
Angels greet you with smiles! Welcome to Heaven, where happiness awaits!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.9%, Psychological 28.9%, Adventure 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
- #4 Days with the Ogre Girl
95% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
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: Visual Novel 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #5 Scream - Steam Edition -
94% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: POISON MOTIONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Enjoy watching how team members react to the various mishaps that occur during the intensive training camp.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Adventure 20%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #6 Until the End
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 八萩
Windows
Love remembers you. Even if you’ve forgotten.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Text-Based 20.1%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 12%
- #7 黒洞々|KOKUTOTO
92% match6 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: TENDA Games
Windows
Beyond Good and Evil: What Will You Choose in This Ambiguity? Kurotōtō is a multi-ending adventure game that questions the realm beyond good and evil. Its compact length lets you experience the bleak aspects of modern society and make nerve-wracking scenario choices. What ending will you reach?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Psychological 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 9.9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #8 The Monster Under Your Skin
93% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Роман Ветер-Пурпурный (Róman O)
Windows · Linux
Play as an unnamed man who suspects his wife of something, and dive deep into his memories of the day when he was about to propose to her. Your choices can influence the story. Genre: thriller.
Why similar: Psychological 26.9%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Text-Based 20.9%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #9 The Quiet After
91% matchNo user reviews2027
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: Psychological 31.9%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #10 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Psychological 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Text-Based 14.9%, Adventure 11.5%
- #11 Darkly Glass
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BioSignosis
Windows · Linux
Trade your soul for digital fame in this psychological visual novel. As fallen tech mogul Doran White, navigate a treacherous social media landscape. Your choices shape his fate in this hand-drawn, neuroscience-inspired reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic.
Why similar: Psychological 27.1%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #12 葦原のアニマ
89% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: July Lab.
Windows · Mac
This is a narrative-driven adventure game in which you dive into another’s nightmare and intervene in the source of the anomaly. As Homura, a hunter, you explore the dreams of a girl who has lost her memory, and experience a story where nightmares and reality begin to overlap.
Why similar: Psychological 38.5%, Visual Novel 32%, Text-Based 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Adventure 8.3%
- #13 Enjoyable Family Trip
88% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: POISON MOTIONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Enjoy the warm family trip.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #14 Twinkle★Nights
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: シラビノ遊屋Pub: shirabino
Windows
夜の世界で「星のかけら」を集める少女アイの ゆるくてかわいい街ブラノベルゲーム!
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Text-Based 20.9%, Adventure 20.1%, Indie 1.9%
- #15 Hira Hira Hihiru
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"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 36.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #16 DoppelTest
85% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: ぬくもりロボット工房
Windows
Kagari, a withdrawn child, and Kagami, the robot living in society as their stand-in—Only one will be recognized as the real Kagari. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Psychological 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Adventure 15%, Text-Based 7.1%
- #17 Everyday life with Evil sisters
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
The protagonist secured security of life until his wounds heal. Immediately, he presses his sisters to arrange their living environment by asking them to do so, In addition, let's confront the sisters with various naughty requests under the guise of caring for their wounds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Adventure 20%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #18 イミテーション
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: gentle TAMPOPO
Windows
――It seems that in this world, immortal humans are called “Players.” Eve, a girl living in a world where immortality is commonplace. Become her, gather information through conversation and exploration, and unravel the mysteries of this world.
Why similar: Psychological 43.7%, Visual Novel 35.5%, Adventure 20.8%
- #19 マーダーミステリーパラドクス このひと夏の十五年
83% matchVery Positive86% of 265 reviews2023
Dev: 213℉Pub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
"Murder Mystery Paradox: Fifteen Years of Summer" is a text-based adventure game. Enter the remote and sparsely populated island of Shikinejima and attempt to solve the strangely recurring mystery found there.
Why similar: Split Screen 32.2% ★, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #20 狂信ちゃん
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: アルティネット
Windows
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 38%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Adventure 12.5%
- #21 SHINJUKU SOUMEI
82% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
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 44.6%, Adventure 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #22 Cuckold my brother's wife
82% matchNo user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: POISON MOTIONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Enjoy your new life living with your brother's wife, who suddenly appeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #23 Sign White
81% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Team Marlo
Windows
"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: Visual Novel 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 21%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 1.9%
- #24 For the GHOSTs
79% matchVery Positive98% of 311 reviews2024
Dev: GenSanKoku
Windows
幽霊のために、何ができるの
Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Text-Based 26.1%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #25 Heart of mobius
81% 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 32%, Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Adventure 17.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #26 Lost/Secret A
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: uehara create
Windows
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Psychological 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #27 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
78% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Poética Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a cursed office overnight, you must uncover a hidden password before morning... while reality distorts, blood seeps through the walls, and something watches you. Explore branching paths, face strange encounters, and survive this psychological horror visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 33.9%, Visual Novel 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Adventure 7.9%
- #28 Penrose
79% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Psychological 22.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #29 ぼくは人狼になりたい
78% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: uehara create
Windows
"I Want to Be a Werewolf" is a text-based adventure where you can enjoy the detective elements of the Werewolf game and the stories of the characters.A strange room when you wake up. "werewolf game" that starts without knowing the purpose. Mystery & suspense that sees through deception.
Why similar: Psychological 30.9%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Text-Based 15.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Adventure 8.7%
- #30 Depth Loop
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
A werewolf game set in a deep-sea lab, where the survival of humanity is at stake—does justice lie with humankind or the werewolves?
Why similar: Psychological 31.6%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Adventure 14.8%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #31 Home Teacher Sister's
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POISON MOTIONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
The protagonist, given the chance to revisit the past. Their goal is to manipulate the sisters who tormented them since childhood at will and settle old scores.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Adventure 20%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #32 アパシー小学校であった怖い話 月曜日
76% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: 七転び八転がり
Windows
鳴神学園初等部六年六組は、選ばれた者たちが集う特殊なクラス。 そこに一人の転校生がやってきた。 何やら曰くがありそうなその転校生に、クラスメイト達は学園にまつわる怪談を語り始める。 そして六年六組は巨大な怪異に飲み込まれていく…
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Psychological 28.4%, Text-Based 21%, Adventure 17.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #33 A Vessel of Frustration
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Micki
Windows
You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.
Why similar: Psychological 35.1%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Adventure 8.1%
- #34 Worn Out
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Psychological 26.4%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #35 Quiet Classroom
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MothLight Games
Windows
Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Psychological 24.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #36 Into Oblivion
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological 23.9%, Adventure 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Text-Based 13.5%
- #37 Nimue
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nagi
Windows
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: Visual Novel 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 18.5%, Adventure 17.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #38 The story of Bill Bear
74% matchMixed59% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: My Way Games
Windows
Help the little bear to find the way home. What dangers can be hidden in the night streets of a quiet suburb? Who is waiting for him at home, and who is waiting in the dark around the corner?
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 19.7%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Indie 2.1%
- #39 1000: The All-Mother's Embrace
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
Do you love me now?
Why similar: Psychological 55.2%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #40 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological 25.6%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #41 貴方が狼カードデス!
72% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: toRipota
Windows
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: Visual Novel 33.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Text-Based 18.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #42 Melancholic Night
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Witches Hat
Windows
A visual novel about returning home. That is, trying to get home. After all, your home is no longer there. You could say that it is actually about drinking in a bar and talking to strange people.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Psychological 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #43 沈める楽園
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: ひとりサークル「匙投げ部」Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
少女達の「最期の一日」を辿り、真相を紐解いていく
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 15.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #44 3Paths
70% 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 33.7%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #45 Electric Sleep
73% 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: Visual Novel 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Text-Based 22.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 8%
- #46 Mutual Harrow
69% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Psychological 35.2%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #47 DUSK INDEX: GION(ダスクインデックスギオン)
69% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: mebius.Pub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
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: Visual Novel 48.5%, Text-Based 29.2%, Adventure 20.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #48 Metamorphosis
69% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: AKAI KIRI
Windows
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 39.5%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 12.5%
- #49 To Make a Game
70% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: TheBluePenguin
Windows · Linux
A short meta story about the struggles of procrastination, and never finishing the things you start. Help motivate me, and give me the confidence I need to finish something.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Psychological 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #50 Married Woman Cosplay Life
70% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: PAJAMAS EXPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Masataka and Misuzu are newlyweds. Masataka proposes costume play sex for Misuzu, who is new to sex, and Misuzu gradually learns to enjoy it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Text-Based 14.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #51 Horrific Xanatorium
68% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: PagerattaPub: KEMCO
Windows
A world where Spilia, a virus that causes delusions and hallucinations, has become epidemic. A horror visual novel game set in a hospital where patients are isolated.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Psychological 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #52 Train of Afterlife
71% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.6%, Psychological 18.3%, Adventure 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #53 Pursuing My Uncle
66% matchVery Positive89% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: ふわふわ電子研究所
Windows · Mac
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: Visual Novel 37.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Adventure 20.7%, Text-Based 16%, Indie 2%
- #54 Dawn of Griseo
68% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: 白砂庵
Windows
A medium-length visual novel set in a fantasy world where magic exists. The encounter between a boy living in a rural farming village and a girl who is a dark wizard leads to the revelation of truths that were never meant to be revealed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Adventure 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Text-Based 11.1%, Atmospheric 9%
- #55 The Last Station
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FreezyCat
Windows
The Last Station is a visual novel. It's loneliness. This is the absence of a second attempt. It's the lack of happy endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Psychological 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Adventure 11.1%
- #56 我家恋天使太废柴鸟真~可怕
64% matchVery Positive100% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: HulottePub: Kagami Games
Windows
HULOTTE’s classic visual novel is now on Steam! After an injury ends his track dream, Sakuma Tsumugi meets a clumsy Love Angel and begins a sweet search for his destined special someone.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #57 Secret Crush -Unrequited love-
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: dramatic create
Windows
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: Visual Novel 37.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Adventure 21.2%, Text-Based 16.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #58 Surreality Check
65% 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 27.5%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #59 日陰の日葵 - sun in the shade
66% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: 斜塔ソンブレロ
Windows
High school student Hiroyuki Nasukawa, whose father is a piano tuner, aspires to become a respectable adult. Yet he resorts to cheating on a test. Unsurprisingly, he gets caught. The punishment imposed on him was unexpectedly, “Please repair the school's piano.”
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Text-Based 22.3%, Psychological 19.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%