- #1 All (Too) Good Things
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 11.9%, Conversation 8.9%
- #2 Death off the Cuff
96% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Detective 13.9%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #3 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spicy Bread Productions LLC
Windows · Mac
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Detective 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #4 Sarawak
95% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Cowleyfornia StudiosPub: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Detective 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #5 Future Mirror
94% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: 皐月の夢Pub: LocaGames
Windows
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Detective 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Exploration 9.2%
- #6 Alice49 EP.0『ダイヤモンドとシュークリーム』
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Include0
Windows
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Mystery 17%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Detective 13.8%, Adventure 13.4%
- #7 Kamilia
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 11.2%
- #8 小学生はませている。
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: NOLAS project
Windows
いじめの犯人探しに抜擢された主人公。 彼が描く推理、その結末は必ずしも正しいとは限らない。 あなたが選んだ結末次第で、 誰かを苦しめるのかもしれない……
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Detective 14%, Mystery 8.8%, Adventure 8.7%
- #9 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Abigail Fuller
Windows · Linux
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Detective 10.5%
- #10 The Beresford family
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Mystery 11.9%, Adventure 11.1%
- #11 Whispers of Gold
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #12 因果律 Inside The Memory
89% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Garnet Bloom
Windows
[Using Live2D, almost full voice] (Voice is only in Japanese)A mystery that begins with a single invitation received from your uncle.A ``mystery'' that happens to someone who was supposed to be an invited guest. Please try to solve it by yourself.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Adventure 16.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Mystery 9.9%
- #13 D.D.D. 災薬対策課
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fug
Windows
『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Conversation 15%, Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 13.9%
- #14 You're a dad
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Linus Bohman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Conversation 8.2%
- #15 Whispering Memories
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Conversation 10.4%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #16 Vanakan
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Adventure 15.8%, Text-Based 14.2%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #17 雪凤山 Secret Opera
86% matchVery Positive80% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Detective 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #18 超探偵シャーロックちゃん ~掟破りのミスディレクション~
85% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: おんねんちゃんねる
Windows
The famous detective Sarako Imai (Sherlock-chan) takes on a difficult case! Sherlock-chan and Watson-kun are on a comfort trip. Can they solve a murder case at a winter spa resort? A murder mystery with a challenge to the player.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 12%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #19 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Detective 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 11.7%
- #20 アイアイ喫茶店
82% matchVery Positive96% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 9.8%, Conversation 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #21 Song of Life
83% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Experience Game Studio
Windows
A small visual novel about the adventures of a guy named Leon, who wants to change his past. During his school years, a lot of interesting things happened, there were a lot of girls, and where is all this now… That's what Leon thought until he found an amulet that could send him back several years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #22 Spill the Beans
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skeletal Games
Windows
A secret recipe has been stolen and you’re charged with finding the culprit…trouble is, you’re the one whodunnit. Investigate, interrogate and manipulate your way to framing the perfect scapegoat in this reverse detective visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Detective 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Adventure 7.5%
- #23 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
79% matchVery Positive86% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Detective 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #24 MOOZ
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 27.8%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 11.1%, Mystery 10.2%
- #25 Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out
82% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Detective 12.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #26 Reigns: The Witcher
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 4.9%
- #27 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
79% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Text-Based 16.6%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #28 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #29 Pulse of Love
78% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: SweetDreams
Windows
"Pulse of Love" is a captivating visual novel set in the vibrant world of the Korean K-pop scene drama. Experience the exhilarating journey of love, passion, and self-discovery as you navigate the highs and lows of fame.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Exploration 8.4%, Adventure 8.2%
- #30 Alcyone: The Last City
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua Meadows
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 10.2%, Conversation 9.2%
- #31 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Adventure 8%
- #32 空野まなみの事件録 ― 空白のカルテ ―
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbitly
Windows
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 16.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Adventure 11.7%
- #33 Poisoned Path
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inspiration Overload Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poisoned Path is a deep visual novel set in a mysterious atmosphere, where your choices determine the story's fate. Uncover dark secrets and chart your own course.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Detective 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Adventure 8.9%
- #34 貴方が狼カードデス!
74% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 14.2%, Adventure 10%, Mystery 8.8%
- #35 Kamaitachi no Yoru x3
73% matchVery Positive86% of 58 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 26.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Mystery 12.5%
- #36 Wild Island Quest
77% matchMixed54% of 342 reviews2015
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #37 summer story
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #38 Taina's Cursed Legacy
71% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Adventure 8.5%
- #39 Forest of Death Masks
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Detective 14.1%, Text-Based 4.9%
- #40 Heart of mobius
73% 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 26.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 15.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #41 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,887 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Adventure 5.8%
- #42 Rumor Reporter
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greyhaven Craft
Windows
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #43 Do 11
73% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
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 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Conversation 11.4%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #44 After Juice: Animal Disco Mafia
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Seed
Windows · Linux
Welcome to this graphic adventure! You become in a little hámter 🐹 called Tofu. You will live together a lot of adventures from de university nights, clearly a city full of party and mistery, a lot of humor and bad jokes, but above all..... Dru.... i mean, SUGAR!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Conversation 15.2%, Detective 12.6%, Exploration 8.8%
- #45 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 9%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #46 ミステリーアドベンチャー 犯人はメイド
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ななにのん
Windows
The culprit is—the maid. And the protagonist. your mission is to strike down six unsuspecting guests, one by one. But beware—you must never be suspected before your plan is complete. To escape suspicion, engage in heated debates and refute your opponents. Hide your true identity at all costs.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Mystery 16%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Adventure 7.4%
- #47 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TedRed
Windows
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Detective 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 9%
- #48 Coffee shop "Keyhole"
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luma
Windows
This is a mystery adventure game where you run a coffee shop and explore the mysteries of this coffee shop and this town! This coffee shop has some secrets Main character quit his job as a locksmith and rented a property last month to run a coffee shop. But this property seems to have a history...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Detective 21.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #49 Serania - Path of the Scion
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 8%
- #50 POPULARITY CONTEST
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Detective 12%
- #51 Anomalous City
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 蒼木いつろ
Windows
Narrative-adventure game where you contain "anomalies" secretly and prevent the world’s end. Influenced by the "SCP Foundation" and "Cthulhu Mythos," the game offers a blend of unease and curiosity as you delve into a bizarre and disturbing world, eventually uncovering hidden truths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Time Manipulation 15.8% ★, Exploration 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #52 Holy Shift
67% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
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 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Detective 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Conversation 10.1%
- #53 Mass of Consumption
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #54 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
69% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Transolar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Conversation 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #55 Exploring Friscott
66% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #56 Death Trick: Double Blind
66% matchVery Positive88% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Misty Mountain StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Detective 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Conversation 9.7%
- #57 Awakewood
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Mystery 8%
- #58 Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOKUNIKU
Windows
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Detective 15.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Adventure 9%