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A story about love, death, and the universe, told through tarot cards.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 14%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

In 6 hours, 28 minutes, and 11 seconds, an avalanche will crush the lodge. Is the cat in the box alive or dead?

Why similar: Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

A global flood has destroyed coastal research facilities, and players arrive at a post-disaster reconstruction site. A second moon in the sky, a massive underground research device, recurring dreams, and eerie colleagues.Players face choices that unknowingly determine the fate of the universe.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Text-Based 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, 2D Platformer 10.9%

Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

Trapped in a snowbound medical camp, battlefield nurse May clings to a mysterious letter—a final hope. Uncover hidden truths, test fragile bonds, and navigate a path toward a distant sanatorium. Will you find salvation, or something far darker?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 20.3%, Dark Humor 17.7%, Exploration 10.7%, RPG 10%

A multi-ending text adventure set in an alternate Republican Era. As a rookie undercover agent in a world of hidden dangers, you'll face a mysterious superior, a cunning enemy officer, and a young colleague of uncertain intent. Navigate wisely, protect yourself, and make your final choice.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, 2D Platformer 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, RPG 11.5%

Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Emotional 8.8%

A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Exploration 7.7%

Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Text-Based 13%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

In faint light, a story of struggle. The bustling world is mist over painted smiles and hidden cold. A candle flickers but never bows. Together, let us see the truth and grope our way forward… Can we finally light our own freedom and life? Only the night knows.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, 2D Platformer 16%, RPG 15%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

"海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dark Humor 10%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

Visual novel «Burned One» - story that tells about a post-apocalyptic world in post-soviet decorations, and about its people. In the center of the story a stalker Voyla, who trying to find his wife, disappeared during the Cataclysm...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Exploration 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10%

Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

50+ endings! A purely fictional fantasy world! Comedy script, dark plot — and the endings? Pitch-black. Swept into a storm, you need a boss. The revolutionary, the merchant, or the cult leader? Your pick unlocks different paths. You're a cheater with buffs — you'll survive. Go!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, RPG 9.9%, Text-Based 9.8%, 2D Platformer 9.4%

这是一部以中式校园为背景、校园霸凌为主题的视觉性小说。您将扮演校园霸凌的承受者林雪晴，体验网络舆论带给个人的重压。您的每一次日程选择都会影响到游戏的结局，那么，您是否有信心带她走出心海，遇见雪晴呢？

Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.8%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Text-Based 15%, RPG 13%

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: Text-Based 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7%

Murders quietly upend May's life. A strange husband, a reckless courier, a dutiful officer—reality and hallucination blur together. In this narrative adventure of food, intimacy, and death, make choices as May and reach her ending. If she can still tell what she's eaten from what she's loved...

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%

A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, RPG 10.2%

A science fiction visual novel. Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a secret that will change everything. Six researchers. One rift. No one will return the same.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Exploration 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

Slice through a collection of HORROR STORIES, produced by a solo dev! Survive through the body horror of health clinics, haunted dating sims, robot takeovers, CORPORATE COMPLIANCE VIDEOS & MORE!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 13.1%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10%

这是一款结合了AVG和RPG的软科幻悬疑乙女游戏。您将扮演一位失忆的舰长，需要召回因为船体爆炸而失散的船员——这些人的到来将会引发新的事件。您会在扫地机器人“萝卜”的陪伴下，靠您的“洞察力”和与他们互动来找出真相——而一切线索最后都将会指向导致船体爆炸的真凶。您可以自由与您的船员们发展情感关系（友谊/爱情），了解他们有助于您找到最后的真凶；他们也将作为您观察的透镜，映射出这个您“完全不记得”的世界。

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, RPG 13.2%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%

A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 11%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, RPG 7.8%

Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Text-Based 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 9.1%

A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%

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: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 25.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 10.3%

A mysterious board game that magically turns its players pregnant. Navigate through a spooky house and solve puzzles in order to beat the game and help the heroines escape unscathed.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dark Humor 16%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 16.2%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Dark Humor 11.3%

You are the new hire. The account you inherited is not new — it belonged to E. Vale, who is no longer with the company. Ten business days of email in which you choose what you say, then choose who sees it. The routing is permanent. Someone is still reading.

Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

Slava is an ordinary guy living in a shabby socket. Well, like living, existing. He has lost all his dreams, and now he has one task - not to live until dawn. But before that you need to write a will...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.

Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%

What does it take to be SAFE? Maybe it's all about a person who will come to your rescue no matter what. Or maybe it has to do with a place that you know inside and out. OR, perhaps, (just maybe) a room full of strangers with no entrance might just do the trick.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, RPG 14.6%, Psychological Horror 7.4%

Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 15%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Dark Humor 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Exploration 8.8%

欢迎来到11号小镇，在这个诡异的小镇里，您是一位新来的画家。为了完成镇上居民们的绘画委托，您需要收集对话中的关键词，将关键词提炼成绘画素材组合到画布上。面对居民们奇怪的委托，您能顺利完成作画并融入镇子，证明自己是“正常”的吗？

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 11.9%

A multi-storyline idol survival game where you play as a former idol leader returning as a rookie to reclaim your fame. Train skills, build relationships, and compete in performances to avoid elimination. With intense rankings, emotional plots, and multiple endings, create ultimate idol legend!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, 2D Platformer 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 11.9%, RPG 10.3%

September 19 is a visual novel with a deep storyline, a dark atmosphere, and complex moral choices. After being betrayed by your father, you find yourself in a world full of secrets, monsters, and people you can’t trust.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Manage a mysterious house by day and explore a cursed town by night. Build bonds with three heroines, uncover clues through AI-driven conversations, survive deadly visits and battles, and seek the truth behind the December cycle before it claims everyone again.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Text-Based 11.5%, RPG 9.8%

Meet Vinnie, aka "The Trickster." In his dreams, he's a criminal mastermind, the terror of banks and the ladies. In reality, he's the guy who tried to break into a gumball machine, mistaking it for a safe, got his hand stuck, and screamed at it until the cops arrived.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 15%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Exploration 11.4%

Way to Oasis : a post-apocalyptic visual novel. You lead a six-member caravan after the captain’s death. Manage scarce resources, navigate moral dilemmas, and face hidden threats. Your choices decide if the group survives or perishes.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, RPG 13.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.

Why similar: Dark Humor 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

My True North - a nonlinear visual novel about Personal Choice of a Human, Love, and the Journey to Yourself in a world of the living dead. Watch. Love. And don't go under the ice. Especially in the height of summer.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

"theDIARY" is a post-apocalyptic supernatural AVG with multiple endings. Play as Raven, navigate choices and stats, and uncover the dark truth behind humanity's angels to find the source of the tragedy.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Dark Humor 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%

A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Text-Based 7.4%, Emotional 7.1%

Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dark Humor 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

We were only supposed to go see the Ferris wheel together. One last adventure before all of us grow up to become a productive part of The Community. But we learned the hard way why The Zone is strictly forbidden. I don't know if we can make it back home.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, RPG 8.5%

You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Dark Humor 14.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Exploration 12%

A doctor in search of a cure to a corrosive disease finds her forgotten childhood friend among the remains of a former city. Love and obsession meet underneath acid rain in this yuri visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%

Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 15.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 8.8%

── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──

Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, 2D Platformer 13%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

A text adventure & simulation game where you, a fresh graduate, unexpectedly enter a challenging marriage and parenting life with a national idol. Manage relationships, raise a child, and balance your career. Every decision shapes the outcome in this sweet, yet demanding celebrity life!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

A visual novel and point-and-click puzzle adventure game with challenging puzzles, a touching story, and multiple endings. In a world that deviates from reality, it's up to you to discover the truth and Ailsa's forgotten memory. Her fate is in your hands!

Why similar: Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Puzzle 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Dark Humor 15.3%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%

Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%