- #1 LOOP SYNDROME
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: TBCATGAMES
Windows
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Text-Based 11.7%, Psychological 10.4%
- #2 Heart of mobius
96% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Text-Based 19%, Adventure 12%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #3 朝凪高校生徒会 - 決断の記録
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ELISTA×STUDIO
Windows
As the student council president of Asanagi High School, you must decide how to respond to opinion forms submitted to the suggestion box in this school-themed choice-based adventure game. Your choices change how events unfold and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Multiple Endings 17%, Text-Based 15.5%, Adventure 13.4%
- #4 The Quiet After
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows · Linux
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Psychological 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #5 オクリ -OKURI-
94% match4 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Y軸23Pub: ダンプ'sクリエイティブギルド
Windows
人気コンカフェ「troisième(トロワジエム)」で。 嬢を送迎する「送りドライバー」として働く主人公はある日、店長から依頼を受ける。 「最近、どうにもウチの子たちの様子がヘンなの。どこか仕事に身が入っていないというか……」 「そこでアンタ、送りの時にそれとなく事情を聞き出してもらえないかしら?」 嬢たちの事情を暴き、 依頼を遂行するか?それとも禁断の愛を育むか……? 決断は、アナタの手に委ねられています……。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Visual Novel 21%, Text-Based 18.1%, Drama 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #6 Findme ~30才の夢追い人~
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: 三ノ宮グループPub: Blue Moon
Windows
It is a Japanese visual novel game. It is a game to read texts. Enjoy the story of anguish, conflict, dreams and hope. There is no branching depending on the choices, but you can have a rich story experience like a movie.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Text-Based 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Drama 15.2%, Emotional 7.6%
- #7 Hira Hira Hihiru
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 966 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
"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 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Drama 14.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Adventure 10.7%
- #8 waga-mom
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: atominoko
Windows · Mac
――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Text-Based 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Adventure 7.5%
- #9 Sweet Girl Gurumelo
91% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Hamokalt
Windows
Amanita is feeling down lately. She lost her best friend and she can't do anything about it. Could you listen to her story, and maybe help her out?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Drama 19.9%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Emotional 9.6%
- #10 黒洞々|KOKUTOTO
91% match6 user reviews93% of 14 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 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Psychological 12.3%, Text-Based 11.5%, Drama 10.5%
- #11 最上邸R
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: もこもこ
Windows
A Japanese-style horror visual novel set in 1980s Japan. Five years after a mysterious disappearance, Yukari Kanzaki and Akane Kiryu enter the abandoned Mogami Mansion. Explore its hidden secrets, uncover its dark past, and face multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Text-Based 18.5%, Multiple Endings 11%, Adventure 7.4%
- #12 終わりの鐘が鳴る前に Chapter3
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Cynical Honey
Windows
「これは何を手にするために、何かを失う物語」 季節は変わり冬になる。死神の条件のために主人公、長谷部涼平は菅野雪乃への恋心を自覚するが、彼女の親友に想いを寄せられてしまい、今度は三角関係の当事者になってしまった。自分の未来を掴むためにも菅野雪乃との両思いを目指すことになるが…。青春群像劇ビジュアルドラマ三部作の最終章が遂に開幕!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Text-Based 18.3%, Drama 15.2%, Adventure 11.8%
- #13 Married Woman's Heaven2 - Breeding Apartments, Filling Married Women's Wombs with Child Seeds -
89% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: eroitPub: bootUp
Windows
The main character builds a condominium in order to have a married woman as his object of desire, Two beautiful wives become his targets.They get close to married women, make them drown in the pleasures of sex, and impregnate them with the seed of a child other than their husbands' into their wombs!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Drama 17.1%, Text-Based 13%, Adventure 11.9%
- #14 memOriedit
88% 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 26.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Text-Based 19.8%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Female Protagonist 7%
- #15 Jessica's Choices - Forced [Episode 1]
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoAdventures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your story continues right where Origins left off. Whether Jessica finds herself wandering the streets alone, caught in George’s web of deceit, or trapped in the unsettling confines of Margaret Thatuals under Professor Trounch’s watchful gaze and the orderlies, every choice matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Drama 10.8%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
- #16 Melancholic Night
86% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Drama 13.8%, Psychological 8.7%, Text-Based 8.2%
- #17 NOAH: 2050
86% 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 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Text-Based 17.5%, Multiple Endings 15%, Drama 11.8%
- #18 Riddle Me Bunny: Nonogram
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Midnight Cupcakes
Windows
A cozy nonogram puzzle adventure wrapped in a storybook world. Solve gentle picture-logic puzzles to reveal hand-crafted pixel art, and slowly bring color back to a village that has quietly faded away.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Drama 12.2%
- #19 Days With Ollie
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: PT. Global Digital ArthaPub: hololive Indonesia
Windows
The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Text-Based 19.2%, Drama 17.3%, Adventure 6.6%
- #20 Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,305 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 124.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Multiple Endings 17%, Emotional 11.5%, Drama 8.3%
- #21 Electric Sleep
84% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Text-Based 23.8%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Adventure 5.8%
- #22 Reminiscence in the Rain
83% 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 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Adventure 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Emotional 10.1%
- #23 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
82% 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 23.4%, Text-Based 23.2%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Drama 8.3%
- #24 ぼくの葬式にようこそ -happy rebirthday-
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: ひとりサークル「匙投げ部」Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
死後、白黒の世界に迷い込んだ「ぼく」は生前の記憶を取り戻す"旅"に出る。主人公の葬式から始まる、切なくて温かい成長譚。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Adventure 13.5%, Drama 13.2%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #25 Kissrim
79% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: iMel
Windows
“Please give your vital energy to Lily.”
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Drama 15.7%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #26 恋ひ焦がるるカミカクシ
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: GloryField
Windows · Mac
Tetsuya Kai sneaks into school at night to pick up a forgotten item and is suddenly attacked by an unidentified monster. In a desperate pinch, he is saved by his classmate Tomomi Soshi.The mystery surrounding the "shikigami" that attacked him and saved him is explored.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Drama 15.7%, Adventure 12.3%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #27 Prism
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gazpins
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about the mind, change, and being locked up.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Drama 11%, Psychological 6.6%
- #28 終わりの鐘が鳴る前に Chapter.2
80% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Cynical Honey
Windows
「邂逅と追憶の果てに辿り着く未来」 前作から季節は変わり秋になる。死神の条件のために主人公、長谷部涼平は文化祭・修学旅行のイベントで菅野を幸せにしようと右往左往する…そこで、彼もまた過去に向き合うことになる。本作のテーマは「家族」、Chapter.1から大幅にボリュームアップしたChapter.2開幕!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Text-Based 18.6%, Drama 17.3%, Emotional 8.9%
- #29 Monologue: Winter melancholy
78% matchVery Positive83% of 78 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 24.4%, Text-Based 19.2%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Drama 10.2%
- #30 MOOZ
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: motsuhouse
Windows
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Text-Based 16%, Adventure 15.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #31 Moonless Moon
76% matchVery Positive92% of 331 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 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Adventure 8%
- #32 Fate is not a line
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: samet bozbıyıkPub: pixel include
Windows
Fate is not a line is a visual novel game where your choices shape destinies. With 40+ decisions, 4 unique perspectives, and 25+ endings, every playthrough reveals new truths. Defy fate, face moral dilemmas, and uncover the secrets of the Arbiter of Fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Text-Based 19.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
- #33 喰人記
78% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: SukoyakaMeteor
Windows
A man-eating monster wakes up, in a snowy night. He meets a mysterious girl willing to die. This omnibus novel game tells the story of the strange interaction between them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Text-Based 23.9%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Adventure 10.6%
- #34 Kamaitachi no Yoru x3
75% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場! シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Text-Based 22.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #35 Mirrorandum
75% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Mirrorandum is not just a visual novel...it's a journey through a world of mirrors, where every reflection challenges your perception and every choice reveals the depths of your true self.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Emotional 11.9%
- #36 Memories Off Sorekara
74% matchVery Positive91% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 浜咲学園に通う高校3年生「鷺沢一蹴」 彼には同学年の彼女、「陵いのり」がいた。 何もかも順調だった。 しかし、それは唐突に訪れる……。 卒業も間近に控えた雨の日のバレンタインデー……。 いのりからデートに誘われた一蹴は、いのりから告白された想い出の場所に連れて行く。 そこで渡されるチョコレートと一緒に渡されたのは…… いのりからの一方的な別れ話。 果たして別れの訳は……一蹴といのりの関係は……!?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Drama 15.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #37 Himegimi Detective
76% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: YOX-Project
Windows
Sayla Limehult, First Princess to the Kingdom of Ratania, shall set off for the far-away land of Japan to learn about the wider world and her role within it. As both a princess, and a world-class detective!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Multiple Endings 21.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 2.6%
- #38 Omoide Ni Kawaru Kimi Memories Off
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. なんとなく大学生になった主人公、「加賀正午」。 それなりに一人暮らしの大学生活を楽しんでいる一方で、彼は漠然とした憂鬱さを感じていた。 その原因は数年前、理由も告げず突然消えた恋人、「黒須カナタ」だった。 カナタとの唐突な別れは彼の心に大きな傷をつけていたのだ……。 それから数年後── 偶然にもカフェで再会するカナタと正午。 失ったと思っていたカナタとの再会で彼の心は乱れてしまう。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Drama 16.3%, Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #39 retrospect
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: pankuzufactory
Windows · Mac
"retrospect" is a linear, full-length visual novel. Trace the memories of the ghosts and learn about them. That is the only mourning you can do.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Text-Based 21.6%, Drama 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Adventure 14.2%
- #40 Metamorphosis
73% matchPositive78% 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 28.2%, Multiple Endings 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Adventure 10.9%
- #41 DoppelTest
71% matchPositive100% of 23 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Psychological 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #42 Tutor X Hypnosis
73% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
The main character is looked down upon at her part-time job. Using a hypnotic object given to him by a college senior, we'll test the mother and daughter by making them do various naughty things.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Text-Based 19.8%, Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #43 絶体絶命少女 虚空の方程式
72% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: +LIVEPub: EXAMGAMES
Windows
少女の絶命まであと30分…。 『絶体絶命少女』は、"冷たい方程式"や"トロッコ問題"をオマージュした短編SFビジュアルノベルです。 母親に会うため宇宙船に密航した少女か、宇宙事故に遭い救助を待つ遭難者たちか、あなたは命の選択を迫られます。 救う命を選び、少女の運命を見届けましょう。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Drama 15.2%, Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #44 Memories Off Yubikiri No Kioku
71% matchVery Positive92% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 57.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 今年もここ、神奈川県藤川市にある藤林高等学校にも春が訪れた。 教室の窓から差し込む暖かい日差しにまどろみながら「芹澤 直樹」はいつも願う。 「ちなつは、なおくんの嫁なのです!」 そんなことを恥ずかしげもなく言える幼なじみの「天川 ちなつ」や学校の仲間たちと、ずっと楽しく過ごせればいいのに──。 しかし、その願いは唐突に打ち砕かれる。 突如として現れた謎の少女「南雲 霞」 そして始まった霞と秘密の同棲生活。
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Drama 19.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #45 沈める楽園
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 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 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Text-Based 17.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Emotional 8.4%
- #46 Memories Off 2nd
70% matchVery Positive92% of 238 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 主人公「伊波健」は、私立の高校に通う高校3年生。 ずっと変わらないと、信じていた。 半年前から交際している同級生の「白河ほたる」との幸せな状況も、2人の関係も。 しかし、ある出来事を境に変化が訪れる。 些細な誤解。すれ違う心……。 小さな変化は、やがて取り返しのつかないところまで膨らんで……。 そんな最中、2人の間にある数え切れぬほどの想い出を振り切ってでも、一緒にいたいと思える女性が現れたとしたら……。
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Drama 16%, Adventure 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #47 Memories Off #5 Togireta Film
71% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 千羽谷大学の2年生「河合春人」は、映画作りという夢を目指して、小さな映画サークルに所属している。 だが春人は、1年前に親友「日名雄介」の死をきっかけに、その夢をあきらめかけていた。 そんな春人の前に突如現れた謎の女「仙堂麻尋」 彼女の登場で、「日名あすか」をはじめとする仲間たちとの間に、微妙な変化が訪れる……。 立ち止まったままの春人の胸にかけがえのない想いが宿るとき、途切れたフィルムは静かに回り出す。
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Drama 19.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #48 Memories Off6 T-wave
70% matchVery Positive96% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 神奈川県澄空市────。 秋は深まり、枯葉が道を彩っている。 「塚本志雄」は、幼なじみの「遠峯りりす」と歩く通学路でしみじみと思い起こしていた。 後から付いてくる感じだった幼い頃のりりす。 しかし、数年の間を経て再会したりりすは随分と我侭になっていた。 そして、志雄はいつしか下僕のような扱いに……。 その日、同級生の「箱崎智紗」をりりすに紹介される。 地味だった智紗は、大胆にイメージチェンジをしていた。
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Drama 19.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #49 Days with the Ogre Girl
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Visual Novel 28.7%, Text-Based 19.1%, Adventure 17.4%, 2D 4.8%
- #50 Neko No Sentouki: The Greatest Fighter
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: skredjun
Windows · Mac
An Adventure Visual Novel where you can choose your protagonist – Play as Aiko or Hikaru as they try to uncover the secrets that lurk all around them in this character-driven story. Every choice you make will have an impact on the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Multiple Endings 22.5%, Text-Based 18.6%, Adventure 16.5%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #51 My Egg Girls: A Gentle Story
69% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: HUMAN SIMULATE
Windows
Spend 100 days living with two “Egg Girls” in a gentle, bittersweet romance visual novel where four emotions—Affection, Empathy, Comfort, and Tension—gradually shape dialogue, distance, events, and endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Text-Based 15%, Drama 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
- #52 無垢を裂く
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: car10game
Windows
A novel game about experiencing first love that begins in the rainy season.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Drama 16.5%, Text-Based 13.6%, Adventure 12.2%
- #53 Sohee
67% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: TwoDpixPub: Digital-Touch Co., Ltd.
Windows
is a story-driven adventure about a young woman who loses her balance in life after a major event and begins searching for her path again. Explore her daily moments, talk with people, and follow her journey toward finding answers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Drama 14.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #54 AmaTisMo
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VegetinES
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about mental health, depression, and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind and visually impaired players.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Drama 17%, Psychological 10.1%, Emotional 7.9%
- #55 Memories Off
67% matchVery Positive92% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 「メモリーズオフ」シリーズ1作目 1999年に登場した恋愛アドベンチャーゲーム「メモリーズオフ」をフルHD移植。
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Drama 19.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Adventure 10.3%
- #56 GIFT from GOD
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy★Bear
Windows
GIFT from GOD is a visual novel told through the eyes of Ryosuke Nikaido and Akane Yamamoto. As they face three missions from God, their hearts, pasts, and choices begin to intertwine, leading them toward the true meaning of God’s “gift.”
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Emotional 12.2%
- #57 Information conveyed Information received
66% match6 user reviews71% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: ほんわかふわふわ
Windows
You are an AD intern at a TV studio aiming to secure a job offer. During a live talk show, you must give directions using cue cards. Convey information based on the situation to keep things running smoothly, boost audience favorability toward the guest, and earn your offer through your performance.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Visual Novel 27%, Adventure 15.9%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Female Protagonist 5.1%
- #58 Tayke Me With You
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foccelized Studios
Windows · Linux
Tayke Me With You is a visual novel about high school seniors and their struggles with each other and the world around them. You play as Gene, a sheltered, socially naive human from the city as he acclimates to living in a rural town filled with dinosaurs, finding friends (and love) along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Text-Based 16.7%, Emotional 8.2%
- #59 Twinkle★Nights
67% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Text-Based 25.7%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 1.4%
- #60 There Is No Next Stop
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Text-Based 17.1%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Drama 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%