- #1 フリと忘れじの都 -FRI the Unforgettable City-
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cicada Studio
Windows
An adventure game where your choices change the world. Fri, a girl working at a coffee workshop, lives in a town that feels strangely mysterious. What will she encounter in this town while suffering from amnesia, and how will the world changing?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #2 Doppelgänger
96% matchPositive100% of 49 reviews2023
Dev: HOLOSTARS English
Windows · Mac
The story is set in an alternate universe where the player is struggling with the memories of what they know to be HOLOSTARS English -TEMPUS- and the mysterious look-alikes who pull them every which way. Can the player figure out the truth about this twisted world and return to the guild?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.1%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 8%
- #3 SHINJUKU SOUMEI
95% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.8%, Visual Novel 32%, Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #4 Scream - Steam Edition -
94% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: POISON MOTIONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Enjoy watching how team members react to the various mishaps that occur during the intensive training camp.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.2%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #5 Story of You: The Allied Kingdoms
94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 3 Gentle Giants
Windows
Story of You: The Allied Kingdoms is a game about choices and consequences. See your character change according to the ways of life you choose, through a journey of discovery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.7%, Visual Novel 26%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Adventure 9.8%
- #6 Darkly Glass
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BioSignosis
Windows · Linux
Trade your soul for digital fame in this psychological visual novel. As fallen tech mogul Doran White, navigate a treacherous social media landscape. Your choices shape his fate in this hand-drawn, neuroscience-inspired reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.9%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological 15%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 9%
- #7 At the Mount Leng of madness
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 井頭。
Windows
Four female college students visit a mountain where spirits live. There had been a number of disappearances there in the past, and it was known as a dangerous place. This work is a visual novel that depicts the secrets of Mount Leng and the adventures of college students.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.9%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Choices Matter 16%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 7.7%
- #8 Out of Frame / ノベルゲームの枠組みを変えるノベルゲーム。
92% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: 自転車創業Pub: jitensyasougyou
Windows
Change the world by changing its framework. The answer always lies just beyond...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.4%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #9 黒洞々|KOKUTOTO
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: TENDA Games
Windows
Beyond Good and Evil: What Will You Choose in This Ambiguity? Kurotōtō is a multi-ending adventure game that questions the realm beyond good and evil. Its compact length lets you experience the bleak aspects of modern society and make nerve-wracking scenario choices. What ending will you reach?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.6%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Psychological 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #10 Force of Numbers
90% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: INNO
Windows
The service has ended.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.2%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 9%
- #11 狂信ちゃん
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: アルティネット
Windows
It is a multi-ending novel game depicting the fan of VTuber "Toaru" "Hinade-chan" and "I" go to an off-line meeting and finish the off-line meeting.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Choices Matter 19%, Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #12 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Poética Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel with light adventure elements, about a group of office workers grinding through an intense all-nighter. Just do your job and.... don’t ask about Ito… nothing happened to him... everything is fine.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Psychological 18.3%, Story Rich 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #13 The Orphaned Soul
89% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: SimProse StudiosPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac
A young girl, abandoned as an infant, goes on a search for her parents and identity in a dark fantasy world populated with foul beasts and nasty cuthroats.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.3%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #14 Blooming Ashes
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: LunaKin
Windows
In a shattered post-apocalyptic world, your story is forged through tension, intrigue, and humanity. Traverse hidden paths, witness multiple perspectives, and shape the fate of the last refuge. Will you wield cold steel or ignite the flame of empathy?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.9%, Visual Novel 29%, Adventure 16%, Story Rich 9.8%, Indie 1.9%
- #15 The story of Bill Bear
87% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.1%, Visual Novel 33.9%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Indie 1.9%
- #16 Clear Drops
86% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Akechine
Windows
Clear Drops is a Adventure told from a first-person perspective. Relive the boy's mysterious encounter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.3%, Visual Novel 30.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 1.7%
- #17 Regrets
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: T.E.R. Yarally
Windows
Do you ever feel like life is slipping away, with too many dreams left unfulfilled? Like you're trapped in wanting to do so much, but never quite getting to any of it? Doesn't that thought scare you—looking back on a life that accomplished nothing, fading without leaving a mark? It scares me too.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Psychological 20.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #18 Everyday life with Evil sisters
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
The protagonist secured security of life until his wounds heal. Immediately, he presses his sisters to arrange their living environment by asking them to do so, In addition, let's confront the sisters with various naughty requests under the guise of caring for their wounds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.9%, Visual Novel 28.3%, Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #19 Shadows of Betrayal
83% 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 38.4%, Visual Novel 28%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Story Rich 11.8%, Adventure 3.9%
- #20 New Tricks for Old Gods
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: James K. Isaac
Windows
A visual novel set in a cyberpunk-dystopian world inspired by 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stories. You decide where your adventure will take you. Will you escape the oppressive technocracy of a nightmare future, or fall victim to the tyrannous regime of the Grey Authority?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.3%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Story Rich 12%, Indie 7.3%
- #21 1999TOKOYO Building
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 常夜不動産Pub: KODANSHA
Windows
1999. The protagonist, a boy named Akira, finds himself lost in the TOKOYO Building—an indoor amusement park filled with secrets and eerie rumors. There, he begins living and working alongside its peculiar staff, but... Did you know? People disappear in the TOKOYO Building.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.5%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Adventure 11.3%
- #22 イマジナリーバッドフレンド
80% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: しのぎや
Windows
A short visual novel game in which a boy named Shiomi suddenly appears one day, and the protagonist, who recognizes him as an imaginary friend, converses with him to find out what happened between them.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.8%, Visual Novel 32.5%, Story Rich 15.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 1.8%
- #23 Snowy Heaven
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reinfree
Windows
Angels greet you with smiles! Welcome to Heaven, where happiness awaits!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Psychological 18.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #24 Ren'ai 0 Kilometer
79% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: kawaiinium
Windows
"Love 0 Kilometers" is a novel game with choices. The ending will change depending on the choices you make. Through a limited-time family swap, the protagonist spends time with his childhood friend, deepening his relationship with a cute girl and enjoying special conversations.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 46.8%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #25 Feeling Death
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SYUPRO-DXPub: room6
Windows · Mac
A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 12%, Psychological 9.2%
- #26 The Book of Regrets
82% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Synodic Arc
Windows · Mac
Escape a nightmarish realm filled with puzzles and deadly beasts!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.3%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Adventure 8.2%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #27 Mirrorandum
79% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Mirrorandum is not just a visual novel...it's a journey through a world of mirrors, where every reflection challenges your perception and every choice reveals the depths of your true self.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #28 Hira Hira Hihiru
78% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Visual Novel 30.9%, Choices Matter 16%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #29 EdeN404
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SEKIRARA
Windows
In a world where lewd words are punished, this text adventure unfolds in EdeN404, a secret bar hidden in the city that slips past censors. Use conversation to lower guards and draw out hidden desires. With colorful regulars, choices and timing shape bonds and nightly drama toward a sci‑fi truth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.7%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Adventure 16.3%, Story Rich 10%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #30 First Steps in Learning about Pregnancy
76% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: エムテラス
Windows
Play as a pregnant woman experiencing daily life from early pregnancy to childbirth prep. Learn about local medical and support systems through interactive choices. Features 1-hour playtime and save/load. Great for those interested in healthcare, education, or social welfare
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.8%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #31 廃遊園地のメメントメモリア
77% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: アサノハ製作所
Windows
An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #32 エスケープゴート ~吾妻衛士の冤罪~
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: orange
Windows
これまで多くのミステリーゲームを手掛けたオレンジが届ける、テキストアドベンチャーゲーム。 本作は「探偵 神宮寺三郎」シリーズなどでお馴染みのコマンド式を採用しており、 コマンドで情報集めや推理をしながら真相へと迫っていきます。 無実の罪で警察から追われることになった男が、逃げながら事件解決に挑む “逃亡×推理”のサスペンスをお楽しみください。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.5%, Visual Novel 21%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Adventure 15.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #33 Himegimi Detective
77% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: YOX-Project
Windows
Sayla Limehult, First Princess to the Kingdom of Ratania, shall set off for the far-away land of Japan to learn about the wider world and her role within it. As both a princess, and a world-class detective!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 46.1%, Visual Novel 34.9%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #34 Adventure Awaits in The Secret of the Golden Key
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pigeon Post Games
Windows
A family friendly adventure visual novel that makes reading fun! Accessibility is top of mind with voice-acted read-along narration with friendly fonts for readers with dyslexia. Experience hand drawn art and make important choices to determine how your story unfolds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.8%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #35 Dance by the River (former: Silence of Switchblade)
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Summertime
Windows
In the middle of summer, in the suburbs, in the river, a drowned body is floating. It seems like three-years-earlier incident replays. This story, through the investigation into the case, shows triangular relationship between a male police officer, a female police officer, and a female murderer.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.3%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
- #36 Heart of mobius
74% 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 37.9%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Adventure 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #37 Kori's Fable Visual Novel
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Redseed Game Studio
Windows · Linux
In a world of twisted magic and broken spirits be a girl with a mission.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.5%, Visual Novel 30.2%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Indie 1.6%
- #38 Home Teacher Sister's
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POISON MOTIONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
The protagonist, given the chance to revisit the past. Their goal is to manipulate the sisters who tormented them since childhood at will and settle old scores.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.5%, Visual Novel 28.7%, Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #39 Days With Ollie
73% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: PT. Global Digital ArthaPub: hololive Indonesia
Windows
The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.2%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 7.3%
- #40 深夜1時の交換手
73% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: ツノウサギの家
Windows
Have you heard the rumor? If you call a certain number at 1am, you will be connected to a person called the 1am operator. This person is said to be able to connect you to the past.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.4%, Visual Novel 31.5%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #41 海鳥野ガクの精神鑑定録
72% matchVery Positive83% of 312 reviews2024
Dev: いもチャイ屋
Windows
「彼は本当に精神疾患なのか?それとも……」 精神科医である道島(主人公)は、ある入院患者の担当を任される。母親を刺したというその少年は、 奇妙な幻聴の症状を抱えており……。貴方は神話生物の魔の手から逃れ、生き延びる事が出来るのか…!?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.1%, Visual Novel 33.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Indie 1.8%
- #42 サスペクツルーム -警視庁門前署取調班-
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: orange
Windows
「取調室」で容疑者や参考人を取調べ、情報を得ながら事件の真相へ迫っていく推理アドベンチャーゲーム。 全5章、コメディあり・シリアスありでお届けします。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.4%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Adventure 16.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #43 The Shadow Between Words
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: featherbyte
Windows
Words have power — at Verbum Academy you'll feel it yourself. What you write about others comes true. Your texts change reality. Choose who to write about and how far to go. Visual novel: mystery, choices with consequences, romance.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Story Rich 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Adventure 6.4%
- #44 プリンセス×オーディエンス
71% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Nyamoli@
Windows
選択肢を間違えると即エンディング!?ドS狼プリンセスから質問攻めされる短編ゲーム
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 49.8%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Adventure 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #45 Surreality Check
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Absurdity Interactive
Windows
An absurdist, psychological choose your own adventure, Surreality check has the player helping Rowan Roach discover the meaning of his life through therapy sessions with the Universe personified. The Universe being a massive tool doesn't help matters.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological 15.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #46 BLACK SHEEP TOWN
70% matchVery Positive97% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: BA-KU
Windows
It is a digital novel set in a fictional city.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.3%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Story Rich 12.9%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 1.7%
- #47 恋ひ焦がるるカミカクシ
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.3%, Visual Novel 31.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Indie 1.6%
- #48 Star's Peaces: Memorial Edition
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Heisei High School Game Creation ClubPub: YOX-Project
Windows
A manga-style visual novel game featuring 30 high school students. Hikari Kamikura races around Heisei High School in an attempt to change her friendless situation!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #49 Tipsy Cat
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Astergame
Windows
Tipsy Cat is a choice-based adventure novel game. The game progresses by players choosing which records to play that day. Records are either drawn by lottery or purchased with in-game currency, so players can choose their records in a variety of ways. Enjoy the novel part along with the music.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.4%, Choices Matter 26%, Visual Novel 16%, Adventure 12%, Indie 2%
- #50 STAY
70% matchMixed68% of 566 reviews2018
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Psychological 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Story Rich 11%
- #51 夢游仙境ロマネスク: Chronicles of Refugia
69% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: MediumPub: YOX-Project
Windows
In the aftermath of catastrophic global warming, humans live in conflict with their new, not-so-human neighbors... and three "Alices" must fight against humanity to ensure the survival of their race.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.7%, Visual Novel 30%, Adventure 16.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Indie 2%
- #52 CODE::LUX
66% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: すやすやファクトリー
Windows
泥沼化した世界大戦によって主要な電力インフラが失われ、文明が崩壊した未来。 遺物を求めて廃墟を渡るスカベンジャーのカイは、旧国家システムを掌握する謎の少女ミツハと出会う。 彼女の願いは、ただひとつ――かつて世界を支えた核融合炉を再び動かすこと。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.5%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #53 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.8%, Visual Novel 27%, Psychological 14.2%, Adventure 10.2%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #54 HIYOKU NO TORI
68% matchPositive80% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: kamotanprojectPub: iMel
Windows
An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.2%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 8%
- #55 _turing
67% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: 竹関工房
Windows · Mac
"_turing" is a new sci-fi adventure game that allows the player to chat with the heroine during the story and teach her feelings to the AI heroine, thereby changing her personality and the outcome of the story. What will happen to you and Iris after you learn about her feelings?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Choices Matter 6%
- #56 因果律 Inside The Memory
67% 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 42.9%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Adventure 16%, Story Rich 8.6%, Indie 1.8%
- #57 Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love
65% matchVery Positive98% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: ASa ProjectPub: Kagami Games
Windows
Welcome back to your childhood town! The Full HD Remaster of Karigurashi Ren’ai: Living on Borrowed Love perfectly preserves ASa Project's signature blend of comedy and heartwarming charm while offering a stunning new visual experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.2%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Story Rich 9.9%, Adventure 9.3%
- #58 貴方が狼カードデス!
67% 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 49.2%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Adventure 9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #59 Dear Mirror Flower
65% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: KOGADO STUDIO
Windows
I am here, in this world... A Japanese-style fantasy adventure by Kogado Studio. In this town, strange incidents never cease. Join Satoree Mizuki, a girl who can read others’ minds, and uncover the truth behind these supernatural cases.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.3%, Visual Novel 33.8%, Adventure 15.3%, Story Rich 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%