- #1 定风波·宁州
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, RPG 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #2 Book of Infinity: 1001 Nights
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ada Eden
Windows · Mac
Can you survive an evil King who kills a bride every night by telling stories? A story-crafting game based on a unique narrative system — Become the storyteller Scheherazade from Persian folklore, weave tales to the King through typing, and guide his words to forge magical weapons for your revenge!
Why similar: Typing 23.7% ★, Word Game 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Artificial Intelligence 10.7%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #3 Shadows Over Fog City
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None Studio
Windows
Shadows Over the Fog City is a Republican-era spy visual novel. As an undercover clerk inside an enemy puppet bureau, hide behind files and seals, mislead your enemies, pass intelligence, and survive audits, blame games, and purges. One mistake means death—but you have no choice.
Why similar: Word Game 26.7%, Political Sim 23.4% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Historical 7.8%, Text-Based 6.3%
- #4 I WAS A KING
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Heritage Incorporation
Windows · Linux
A court-driven, text-based strategy game where your words become decrees. Two petitions per turn—type carefully, face the backlash, and remember: you WERE a King.
Why similar: Typing 29.8% ★, Political Sim 13.7% ★, Text-Based 12.7%, Word Game 11.9%, Alternate History 11.2%
- #5 Elegy of the Vast Land
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Ripple Game Technology
Windows
Rewrite history with LLMs and natural language. Command any figure through dynamic AI events: type custom orders or choose your path. Deploy characters for AI-calculated outcomes and expand across a lat-long grid. With RAG tech, the world remembers your legacy. From 1644 and beyond.
Why similar: Word Game 16.5%, Artificial Intelligence 15.1%, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Strategy 10.5%
- #6 唐宫诗与谋
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 木兰舟工作室
Windows
History's main thread is set, but countless fates diverge. A woman destined for tragedy becomes the protagonist of a game. You, a voice in her mind, can influence her choices. How will the stories of Wu Zhao, Princess Taiping, Empress Wei, and Princess Anle then unfold?
Why similar: Word Game 26%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, RPG 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Historical 7.3%
- #7 Hysteria in Howlsbend
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jingyu Z.Pub: Chatbot AI Team @ CMU ETC
Windows
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Typing 28.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, RPG 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Artificial Intelligence 9.9%
- #8 穿越日记
92% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 娃哈哈哈 WaHa Works
Windows · Mac
《穿越日记》是一款沉浸式互动剧情游戏,玩家将扮演一名穿越入盛世皇城的现代女性,亲历宫廷风云与权谋博弈。通过选择不同剧情分支,推动故事走向多个结局,体验细腻的人物情感与复杂的人心博弈。支持单人离线游玩,适用于 Windows 和 macOS 平台,适合喜爱剧情向、宫廷题材及互动叙事体验的玩家。
Why similar: Word Game 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Alternate History 10.4%, Lore-Rich 8%
- #9 Opus Scriba
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joeden's Quest
Windows
OPUS SCRIBA sends you on a hero’s journey through a magical world filled with unknown dangers, countless riches and an opportunity to become legend. Make choices to decide your fate or roll the dice and leave it to luck. Share your story with your friends and together you may just survive journey.
Why similar: Typing 28.3% ★, Word Game 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #10 隐梦交织
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Millennium NocturnesPub: Wise Games
Windows
《Interwoven Dream》 is a Victorian-era visual novel with multiple POVs. In 1884 London, four friends reunite after a string of disappearances, each with their own motives. Together, they dive into the city's darkest secrets, where dreams and reality blur.
Why similar: Word Game 22.7%, Alternate History 14.3%, RPG 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 13%
- #11 Rewrite the Romance: The Golden Lotus
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Forest
Windows
古代重生题材文字冒险游戏,改编自小说《金瓶梅》。北宋政和年间,清河县出了一位大财主西门庆,风流倜傥,妻妾众多,却也在纸醉金迷中走向宿命终局。而如今,你化身西门庆,重来一世,命运的罗盘交到你手中。
Why similar: Word Game 31.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, RPG 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Historical 8.8%
- #12 迷子公路
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零旗
Windows
《BanGDream! It’s MyGo!!!!!》的末世公路AU同人游戏,ansy cp向视觉小说。
Why similar: Word Game 33%, Interactive Fiction 20%, RPG 18%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #13 Social Democracy: An Alternate History
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Autumn Games
Windows · Linux
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Why similar: Political Sim 31.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Alternate History 13.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #14 The Moment of Panic
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Badinc, LLC
Windows
Trapped in an underground bunker with your finger on the button, interpret intelligence signals, question unreliable AI advisors, and decide whether to escalate, stand down, or unleash doomsday.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Artificial Intelligence 15.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #15 禄水三江
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 禄水三江
Windows
This game is a multi perspective immersive text interactive visual novel game based on the real historical event of the Qing Dynasty in the Qingshui River Basin of Guizhou Province, known as the "Battle for the River Case".
Why similar: Word Game 30%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, RPG 14.5%, Historical 8%
- #16 S-mail
86% matchVery Positive91% of 229 reviews2026
Dev: S-mail制作组Pub: OFF LAB
Windows · Mac
After the death of your lover May, you suddenly receive a new email: she is back, in the form of AI "M". The lover who "lives" in the mailbox, who is strong and eternal, always online, and always loves you. You just need to send letters to her: your choices will affect her and the story.
Why similar: Word Game 24.5%, Typing 21.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Artificial Intelligence 9.4%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #17 睢阳:诗与火
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 绘诗社PoetryCanvas
Windows · Mac · Linux
唐天宝十一载的上元夜,浮浪子弟韩承业在盛世长安城邂逅一位神秘的贵族少女。三年后,安史之乱爆发。本不可能走到一起的两个人,会被命运的漩涡抛向何处?玩家将经历多个主角生命中一系列的变故,以及,投入到那场中国古代史上最为惨烈的守城战中。是死守,是挽救,还是逃亡?做出你的抉择。
Why similar: Word Game 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, RPG 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Military 9.7%
- #18 寻味记
85% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Gujiu-郁居Pub: 个人
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Taste Quest Journal" is a short multi-ending visual novel with the theme of Cantonese morning tea, which is easy and healing. It has rich plot branches and contains exquisite CG. May you have two warm stories in one cup.
Why similar: Word Game 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.3%, RPG 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Strategy 12.9%
- #19 The Iron and the Oath
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FFire Studio
Windows
A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Political Sim 16.8% ★, Word Game 11.1%, RPG 9.6%, Lore-Rich 8.4%
- #20 Cyber: Dreamcore Girl
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lingjie Game
Windows
An AI-native game. Awaken with no memory in a futuristic world, freely talk with AI NPCs, explore, choose branches, and fall for AI girls. Recover your past, uncover the truth, and remember: every chat may change your fate. Meet the girl who only has eyes for you.
Why similar: Typing 36.2% ★, Artificial Intelligence 15.1%, Word Game 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #21 Neverland永无乡
83% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Roastfish
Windows
Waking up on a strange island, you find yourself transformed into the appearance of a child. You could make new friends, have fun, and explore the island. Depending on your choices, you may even become one with the darkside of the island.
Why similar: Word Game 35.9%, Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, RPG 8.5%
- #22 大梦春秋
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 夫夫游戏工作室
Windows
An interactive AVG with a time-travelling male protagonist in an ancient style, with multiple endings and multiple branches, and a journey of bondage in which you and six close friends join hands to dominate the world in a parallel world.
Why similar: Word Game 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Alternate History 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Lore-Rich 10.6%
- #23 铜刀银剑
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 念绣科技
Windows
北宋熙宁年间,有奸相祸乱朝堂,穷兵黩武,不辨贵贱,以朝廷大臣之身妨害地主营贷,重草民布衣却轻士大夫;更不畏天威,妄图改道黄河以留名青史。江湖中人惊惧此举将毁大宋龙脉,推举一将,一侠,一刺,一贼,号“四剑除奸”,共伐奸相———王安石。
Why similar: Word Game 26%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Historical 13%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Strategy 10.9%
- #24 The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 西瓜恐龙Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife" is a sci-fi visual novel with a multi-threaded ensemble narrative. You are already dead— and yet, your journey has only just begun. Become a ghost. Step into a strange and dazzling world beyond life, and witness a tale where love and death entwine.
Why similar: Word Game 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 19%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #25 Paradoxical双界诗 Paradoxical Twin Worlds Saga
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 蓕朩蓕骉
Windows
Paradoxical Twin Worlds Saga is a narrative-driven galgame set across modern high school life and an ancient dynasty. As an ordinary student traveling between two worlds, you uncover intertwining fates, altered memories, and a single truth: your existence itself is a paradox.
Why similar: Word Game 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 12%, RPG 10.3%, Alternate History 8.4%
- #26 Phoenix in Flames: A Fateful Misdressing
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Villain Role
Windows
《Phoenix in Flames: A Fateful Misdressing》 is a historical text adventure. Step into the shoes of a Jinwu Guard during the Tang Dynasty’s Shenlong Era. Deeply entangled in the coups following Empress Wu Zetian’s reign, your choices will steer the empire and forge your own unique destiny.
Why similar: Word Game 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, RPG 16.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Alternate History 7.3%
- #27 残阳 1645/1937
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 未雪游戏(NotsnowyGame)
Windows
As a Ming officer in 1645’s Yangzhou & Jiangyin massacres, shield a girl from shouma fate while obeying orders. In 1937’s Battle of Yangzhou, protect a war journalist returned from Japan. Your choices decide their survival and shape their fates across 300 years.
Why similar: Word Game 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Historical 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Strategy 11.6%
- #28 鸳鸯风云录——白中悬案(Phoenix sword: The Hidden Scroll)
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rex Studio
Windows
In 1630, Ming Dynasty collapses—famine, war, and rebellion plague the land. When a tyrant is murdered in "utopian" Baichu County, detectives Yue Wuxi and Feng Shengjue investigate, unwittingly uncovering a conspiracy that will shake both court and martial world...
Why similar: Word Game 18.5%, RPG 16.4%, Alternate History 16.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13%
- #29 南京大屠杀:拉贝日记-Nanjing Massacre: John Rabe's Diary
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: yitian studio
Windows
This text game is based on John Rabe's diaries. Play as Rabe in the desperate Nanking Safety Zone. Your choices shape blood-stained diary entries. Decide refugees' survival under extreme resource scarcity. Help the younger generation re-examine this heavy history through immersive narrative.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.5% ★, Word Game 26%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Historical 6.2%
- #30 The Great Report Era
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cocooxn
Windows
The Great Report Era is a 3D RPG political-simulating game, and can be easily played via mouse and keyboard. It simulates a situation that civilians spontaneously report each other to the authority due to an enacted "Superpatriot Act". As the player, you need to decide the future of this nation.
Why similar: Word Game 29.9%, Political Sim 28.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Strategy 11.4%, RPG 10.9%
- #31 Verbal Beatdown
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Rob Law
Windows
Type words to battle enemy books in this fast-paced spelling game! Unlock characters and perks to explore new strategies!
Why similar: Typing 38.8% ★, Word Game 33.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Historical 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%
- #32 Bound by Celestial Fate
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
Bound by Celestial Fate is a RPG set in a fantasy world inspired by ancient China. As Ethan Reed, a witty & justice-driven teacher, lead students through perilous adventures in turbulent Jiuzhou. Use strategy and bonds to shape a story of intrigue, humanity, and emotional depth amid power struggles.
Why similar: Word Game 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, RPG 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 10%
- #33 Book of Decisions
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: SayrGames
Windows
A game in the Chatbot Roleplay category.Among the ancient Egyptian ruins, a book is found, and in our game, we talk to this book. The book answers everything we write. The book's general power is that everything written in it becomes real in the world, but we discuss the consequences with the book.
Why similar: Typing 42.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Artificial Intelligence 16.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #34 Aliya: Timelink
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,096 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
Why similar: Word Game 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 12.1%, Text-Based 12%
- #35 狂潮-Staggering Through The Dark
77% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Longxi Zhao
Windows
This is an AVG trying to tell a story about a city under British governance. In 1970s, newspapers were rife with exaggerated title and drama plots. Xu Dan, a fresh journalist accidentally ran into a collaboration of cops and mafia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, RPG 15%, Historical 14.4%, Text-Based 12.9%
- #36 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
This is a sci-fi adventure visual novel game primarily driven by dialogue choices. In humanity’s pursuit of happiness, people collectively fell into deep sleep, with dreams becoming a source of energy, leaving the world in ruins. The story begins with a “fortunate” amnesiac who awakens.
Why similar: Word Game 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, RPG 5.7%
- #37 乌托邦之血 Blood of Utpia
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 黑豆柴的幻影
Windows
This is a visual novel game, an interactive text-based adventure with some elements of dating simulation. this game contains themes of violence, gore and immorality. The themes of this game does not represent the views and opinions of the author.
Why similar: Word Game 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, RPG 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Multiple Endings 3.8%
- #38 幻境恋人-Fairy tale plan
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
A girl learned of the death of her father accidently, and as a result, she access to “FT”, the virtual reality project developed by her father. Half-brother, ambitious lawyer, hunting killers and mystery hackers..... Will she go back to the reality world safely?
Why similar: Word Game 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 11.7%, Lore-Rich 7.1%
- #39 海伦的神迹
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Bereaved by the war, the heroine had been into sleep for three hundred years. After awakening, she lost her memory. What will happen in the new story? The fate of the heroine is in your hand...
Why similar: Word Game 34.9%, RPG 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #40 Nick's Text Adventure
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: GXPlay
Windows
Nick’s Text Adventure is a cruel text-based RPG where everything unfolds one line at a time. Spells lie, gear gets worse, fishing can hurt you, and enemies mock your choices. Nothing is fair, nothing is explained, and the game remembers.
Why similar: Word Game 23.6%, Typing 21.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%
- #41 人生记事簿:Life Memoirs
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 悦文Yuewen
Windows
A choice-driven text game about living an ordinary life in modern China. Shape your path through study, work, love, and family, and see how your future unfolds year by year.
Why similar: Word Game 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #42 True Colors of a Star
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
"True Colors of a Star" is an interactive narrative game,players become a rising celebrity in the entertainment industry.Through choices in dialogue,relationships,and auditions,shape their career and connections.Key mechanics include managing media, rivalries, hidden plots,and performing key scenes.
Why similar: Word Game 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #43 Sunlit remedy
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MygrationPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Sunlit remedy is a visual novelYou will meet a girl who belongs only to you, and through your long days together, you will find courage, companionship, and love—slowly stepping out of your room to embrace the bright sunlight outside. Come and date the girl who is most dear to you!
Why similar: Word Game 36.5%, Interactive Fiction 24%, RPG 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #44 众生与螺旋塔
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 游星yusei网络
Windows
▌Game Introduction This is a science fiction adventure-themed 2D visual novel. Players can form romantic relationships with the characters in the game, or choose to immerse themselves in the adventure story as a lone wolf.
Why similar: Word Game 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 12.2%, RPG 11%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #45 The Seafloor
69% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: zhishouge
Windows
"The Seafloor" is a narrative game about depression. Play as River for seven days. Your choices shape her emotions and story. Experience her inner world and daily life through interactions. An invitation to understand, not to cure.
Why similar: Word Game 36.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 9.6%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #46 Shuffled Words
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Victor Corradi
Windows
Shuffled Words is a casual word guessing game!
Why similar: Typing 46.1% ★, Word Game 36.8%, Text-Based 16.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #47 Faces of the Erinyes
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
Faces of the Erinyes is a modern urban RPG about rebirth, revenge, and love. Players control a bullied girl reborn in a wealthy heiress’s body. Through choices, adapt to high society and uncover secrets. Core gameplay includes interactions, clue-solving, and branching decisions.
Why similar: Word Game 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #48 Voxabular P.I: Penny's First Case
73% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Tilt Studios, inc.
Windows
Learn Spanish by playing, not by studying! Practice languages by solving mysteries in this mix of the classic text adventure and point-and-click genres.
Why similar: Typing 30.7% ★, Word Game 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, RPG 7.6%
- #49 Crossroads of Matrimony
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
You will play the role of a newlywed wife, You can choose your family background, personality traits, and romantic routes with three male characters. Additionally, you can shape your child’s future and determine the rise or fall of the family. You’ll write your own post-marriage story!
Why similar: Word Game 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #50 The Heart - Stealing Screen Siren
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
This game follows a fallen actress rising to stardom. Make choices, strategize, and grow as you face showbiz rivalries, uncover secrets, and navigate love, and revenge. Use "Witch Diamonds" to unlock plots and outsmart foes. Your choices shape multiple endings—will you claim success and revenge?
Why similar: Word Game 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #51 Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident
68% matchVery Positive87% of 393 reviews2025
Dev: akidouPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN (Anime, Comics, Games, Novels) subculture knowledge to solve criminal cases and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Word Game 39.3%, Interactive Fiction 25%, RPG 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Stylized 4.5%
- #52 Queen: Sun & Moon
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 不想工作
Windows
Queen: Sun Moon is a female emperor life simulation game. You start your new dynasty. There are many decisions you need to make, many talents waiting for you to dig, the family is eroding your court, there are lovers, there are many beautiful women waiting to meet you...
Why similar: Political Sim 25.8% ★, Word Game 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 10.6%, Alternate History 10%
- #53 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
67% matchPositive100% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 35.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, RPG 13.2%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #54 I'm In Charge
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brain Arc Games
Windows
As "person in charge" in this game, you will travel to the scenes of classic negotiation events and become that crucial negotiator. Use your rhetoric to persuade the stubborn AI to give up their ideas.
Why similar: Word Game 28.2%, Typing 26.7% ★, Artificial Intelligence 16.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Text-Based 10%
- #55 看事
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 32.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, RPG 10%
- #56 Once Upon a Breeze
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 煦风社
Windows · Mac · Linux
《煦风新笺-Once Upon a Breeze》是一款以毛茸茸世界繁华与传统并盛的岛城『风本市』里,一所颇为特立独行的私立学校『风本学院』为主舞台的兽人题材的视觉小说。同时它又不止于小说,包括个人界面、摸摸乐等更多内置小游戏都在不断更新开发中。作为一款偏向群像的游戏,您将以包括小老虎浦昼在内的众多角色的角度来感受毛茸茸世界的学园生活,以及更多丰富绚烂的故事!已有十五位并仍在不断增加的、诸多种族的学生和教师们正在风本学院校门的另一侧等待着迎接你们!从今天开始入学吧!
Why similar: Word Game 30%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, RPG 13%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #57 Living In Infinity
67% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: 三岔路工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Living In Infinity is a puzzle adventure focused on switching between parallel realities and using various items to solve mysteries. Play as Lin Meizhen, a 17-year-old high school student who eats a suspicious mushroom at home—only to find her familiar surroundings beginning to twist and distort.
Why similar: Word Game 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Artificial Intelligence 11.6%, Text-Based 10.9%, RPG 10.3%
- #58 ROTRDS - Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon and Snake
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: haatcci
Windows · Mac
ROTRDS is a visual novel RPG inspired by traditional Korean mythology. Only half of the Twelve Zodiac guardians remain with fragmented memories. Gigi has less than a week to gather all the Oksae seals and save the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Alternate History 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Historical 9.6%
- #59 对我好点!异世界HelloNewWorld
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Enchanter
Windows
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Word Game 38.7%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 17.5%, RPG 11.6%, Multiple Endings 4.9%
- #60 MOBIUS BAND*
66% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Irregulars
Windows
Mobius band * is a novella visual novel game. In such an era, everyone is powerless to care for others. Under the skin of prosperous civilization, it is a veritable hell. In the war that has not yet subsided, how will they choose in the end——
Why similar: Word Game 31.1%, Artificial Intelligence 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 8.3%