- #1 Scarlet Enigma
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Braveforge
Windows
Investigate a chilling birthday murder in a branching mystery filled with secrets, suspects, and puzzles. Uncover the truth, bend time, and stop the killer before reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Adventure 14.8%, Puzzle 12.4%
- #2 Pricolage -IDOLIZED-
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 273 reviews2024
Dev: HIJIKIPub: Annulus
Windows · Mac
“Just who are you…?” Uncover the truth behind K-pop idol Sena as you search through her social media accounts in Pricolage -IDOLIZED-. In order to locate K-pop idol Sena, pronounced missing, you must search for clues in the ocean of darkness and greed that is the internet.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Hidden Object 13.7%, Drama 12.2%, Puzzle 12%
- #3 Memories Off Sousou Break out of my shell
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
メモリーズオフシリーズ最新作のアフターストーリー 主人公「久寿米木一葵」と登場ヒロインたちの「その後」を楽しんでいただけます。 ビジュアルノベル形式のゲームスタイルで選択肢を選びながらストーリーが進行します。 それぞれの道を歩み始めたヒロインたち。 それぞれの未来を大切な「あなた」と一緒につかむため、 それぞれの想いが、今はじける……!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Adventure 15%, Drama 8.4%
- #4 蒼い夏休み
95% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Max Neet Games
Windows
マルチエンド謎解きアドベンチャー。 突然姿を消した女の子を見つけるために、残されたノートパソコンを調べよう!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Hidden Object 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #5 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Hidden Object 12%, Drama 7.8%
- #6 The Trials of Ozymandias
94% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Drama 8.5%, Anime 7.9%
- #7 summer story
93% 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: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Drama 6.6%, Anime 5.6%
- #8 The Music at the end of the World
91% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Hidden Object 14.6%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #9 Sorcerer's Dream
92% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Boy meets girl against a backdrop of magical battles in a dramatic visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Anime 11.6%, Magic 8.3%
- #10 Exploring Friscott
91% 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 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 11.2%
- #11 Reigns: The Witcher
89% 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 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #12 Between
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stillroom
Windows
A story-driven visual novel set on a quiet coastal town, where fleeting connections, unspoken desires, and personal choices shape how every relationship unfolds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Drama 8.5%
- #13 We Carry the Fire
89% match8 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Myna Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
We Carry the Fire is a fantasy-adventure visual novel about four people embarking on a dangerous quest to save a small village from an apocalyptic curse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Visual Novel 20%, Adventure 17.2%, Drama 13.3%, Magic 7.3%
- #14 On Love, On Monsters
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lighthouse Theory Games
Windows
On Love, On Monsters is a Frankenstein-inspired story with an emphasis on love in its many forms. Play as three characters with alternating POVs; the Doctor, The Priest, and The Exile. Bond with allies and enemies, avoid raising suspicion in the town of Blackmoore, and learn what it means to love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Drama 9.9%
- #15 Rewrite+
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 669 reviews2021
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 60.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Anime 10.5%, Adventure 8.6%
- #16 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
86% 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 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Adventure 9%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #17 Putrika 1st.cut:The Reason She Must Perish
86% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: トトメトリPub: Kagami Games
Windows
Watch a tragedy unfold and uncover one lone girl's forbidden love underneath. This kinetic novel features beautiful visuals, a charming cast of characters, and a gripping drama at its heart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Anime 12%
- #18 Arderico's Journey
85% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Drama 9%, Choices Matter 7%
- #19 YOUNG TEAM SOUNDS
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POST COMMERCIALS: ALLIANCE
Windows
Break the dead ends! A music creation adventure where the sounds you create change depending on your "emotional choices". A dark tale of creation, modelled on the real world and real events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Hidden Object 16.7%, Drama 10%
- #20 The story of Bill Bear
84% matchMixed59% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: My Way Games
Windows
Help the little bear to find the way home. What dangers can be hidden in the night streets of a quiet suburb? Who is waiting for him at home, and who is waiting in the dark around the corner?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Adventure 19.7%, Puzzle 15.8%, 2D 4.9%
- #21 Wild Island Quest
84% 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 24.7%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Adventure 17.8%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #22 Confinio: Reality Prison
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Hidden Object 12.3%, Drama 8.9%
- #23 Memories Off Sousou ~Not always true~
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
かけがえのない想いを見つけた、その先に――
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Adventure 15.9%, Drama 7.3%
- #24 Rebels - Under the Spell of Magic (Chapter 4)
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: BrotherWood Games
Windows
A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 3. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to choose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 9.5%, Adventure 8.8%
- #25 Echoes of Pinebridge
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Drama 7.9%, Choices Matter 6%
- #26 近所 - if -
79% match3 user reviews75% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: zentac studio
Windows
A Girl's Kidnapping Case in Your Neighborhood...Your Choices and Actions Determine the Outcome
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Hidden Object 11.6%, Drama 9.6%
- #27 春琉ト怪夜
78% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: ENTERGRAM,INC.Pub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
An adventure game where you aim to escape a storied mansion with a mysterious girl named "Haru" who you meet there.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Hidden Object 19.4%, Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 6.1%
- #28 The Dagger of Hisei
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sword of Dew Studio
Windows
After the revolution, Kikoku is plunged into chaos. Takekosen joins the secret organization Hiseido, facing her final trial. She must abandon her name, wear the mask, and forge her path through fate. A fantasy visual novel set in an ancient Eastern world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Anime 9.7%, Drama 9.4%
- #29 Natural - Beyond Nature -
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Natural - Beyond Nature - is a Mystery, Drama, Supernatural Visual Novel. Follow the story of Olea in a chance encounter with two residents of a quiet island, Flori and Llima. Can Olea save them from their cruel yet inevitable fate?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Anime 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #30 Hira Hira Hihiru
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 860 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Adventure 16%, Drama 10.5%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #31 黒白のアヴェスター Refusal─拒絶
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 神座万象・第十四機関
Windows
正田崇とGユウスケが送る"神座万象シリーズ"再始動作品・第一弾『黒白のアヴェスター』。 善と悪に分けられた二元論の世界で、殺戮の荒野を行く男の冥府魔道の物語!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Adventure 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Anime 11.9%, Magic 11.8%
- #32 Dare to Lucid Dream
76% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Penguin
Windows · Linux
For the first time in years, Sonny meets a person he knows inside of his lucid dreams and, to his surprise, Sonny discovers that what he says and does in his dreams directly affects the people he dreamed about.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Adventure 18.3%, Drama 15.1%, Anime 11.8%
- #33 My Jigsaw Adventures - Forgotten Destiny
78% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: CCS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump into an adventure and travel through fabulous hand-painted jigsaw puzzles! Play the way you want using different number of pieces, shapes and helpers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 10.3%
- #34 恋ひ焦がるるカミカクシ
77% 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 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Adventure 17.4%, Drama 10.9%, Mystery 5.5%
- #35 Awakewood
75% 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 22%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Adventure 15.2%, Anime 7.3%
- #36 LOVEPICAL-POPPY!
73% matchVery Positive96% of 319 reviews2025
Dev: SMEEPub: Kagami Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
From renowned Japanese visual novel brand SMEE, LOVEPICAL-POPPY!, the ultimate moege, arrives on Steam! Made for SMEE’s 15th anniversary and celebrating 150k+ sales, it keeps the brand’s signature sweetness while adding life-sim gameplay and a unique story progression system.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Adventure 14.9%, Anime 11.4%
- #37 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #38 Vanakan
74% 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 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 8.2%, Choices Matter 5.4%
- #39 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
73% 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 27.2%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Text-Based 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #40 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
71% 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 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Drama 8%
- #41 Parasite in Love
72% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 21%, Adventure 15.9%, 2D 4.1%
- #42 The Change Architect
74% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Adventure 10.9%, Multiple Endings 4.7%
- #43 Tokyo Girls Chronicle
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FUNAKI GAMES
Windows
A Fully Animated and Fully Voiced Light Novel Game! Set in Tokyo, a lonely android girl, Rin, meets Aoi and forms a deep friendship, gradually reclaiming her humanity. However, when Rin learns the secret of her origins, the story takes a dramatic turn.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Drama 18.4%, Anime 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #44 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
71% 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 23%, Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Mystery 8.3%
- #45 Dawn of Griseo
72% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: 白砂庵
Windows
A medium-length visual novel set in a fantasy world where magic exists. The encounter between a boy living in a rural farming village and a girl who is a dark wizard leads to the revelation of truths that were never meant to be revealed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Adventure 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Magic 12.4%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #46 ぼくの葬式にようこそ -happy rebirthday-
71% 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 25.8%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Adventure 19.1%, Drama 9.2%, Anime 8.5%
- #47 Taina's Cursed Legacy
69% 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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #48 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Drama 11.3%, Text-Based 8%
- #49 A Clockwork Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow
70% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Unison Shift: BlossomPub: Sekai Project
Windows
In search for her grandmother's keepsake, an unlikely visitor--Adelheid Ritter von Weinberger pushed order after order towards the bureau. Time felt like it passed by at their command--what could it mean for the academy?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Adventure 9.3%, Anime 8.2%
- #50 Into the Waves
70% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Drama 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #51 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Anime 8.4%
- #52 The Lost Song
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Tessaland
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Lost Song is a visual novel about how an air force member Marina encounters a singing merman Zeru while cruising the island and how this brings enormous changes to her boring life. Become the heroine Marina and see things through her eyes, listen through her ears and make her own choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Adventure 21.2%, Anime 11.2%, Fantasy 5.4%
- #53 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
68% 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 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Anime 7.6%
- #54 Save My Scrap
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unio AnouPub: AMATA Games
Windows
"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." An interactive visual novel puzzle game. By fixing the broken android, you may uncover the truth about your client's past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Adventure 17.4%, Puzzle 14%, Drama 8.7%
- #55 Shadows of Betrayal
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Choices Matter 7%, Adventure 5.5%
- #56 Matsuro Palette
68% matchVery Positive99% of 319 reviews2020
Dev: SleepingMuseumPub: KEMCO
Windows
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hidden Object 13%, Drama 10.7%
- #57 無垢を裂く
67% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: car10game
Windows
A novel game about experiencing first love that begins in the rainy season.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Adventure 16.8%, Drama 11.2%, Anime 11.1%
- #58 All (Too) Good Things
66% 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 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Adventure 8.4%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #59 あまつそらに咲く
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: studio aila
Windows
みんなで過ごすことができる最後の夏。 『この夏を忘れない思い出にしよう。』 だれかが言ったその言葉から始まる、茹だるように暑い、鮮明な夏の日。 大丈夫。きっと忘れない。 たとえ、目に見えるものが偽物だとしても。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Anime 10.1%, Drama 10.1%
- #60 Rewrite - DYH
67% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: DYHPub: WinCode
Windows · Linux
Rewrite - DYH - A game that changes every time you play!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Drama 10.8%, Anime 9.1%