60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, 2D, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter.
Maintaining a healthy Work-Life balance is pretty tricky on a good day but it’s damn near impossible when your boss threatens foreclosure on your mortal existence. As the new bartender at DEAD-END, you’ll make new friends, mix weird drinks, all while navigating Life, Death and everything in between.
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Sunset High
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 23%, Dynamic Narration 17.3% ★, Detective 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Detective 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
The newly appointed priest Mior, sent to a desolate village, encounters a mysterious boy named Fei deep in the forest. White hair, red eyes. Smiling in solitude, he felt cold to the touch, yet terrifyingly captivating.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dating Sim 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Dynamic Narration 23.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Detective 8.1%
《瑶光》是一款大学校园题材的恋爱视觉小说。在绩点决定未来的大一生活中，作为有些内向的学霸——周缘，你将会在多重结局中见证只属于青春的成长与遗憾。在关键的时刻做出选择，点亮那道名为“瑶光”的星辰。
Why similar: Simulation 17.9%, RPG 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%
Step through the 4th wall… into the world of NUMINA! An exciting adventure that fuses many classic RPG aspects, a character-driven story with player choices, a dynamic battle system, puzzles and towns waiting to be explored and other exciting locations.
Why similar: Character Action Game 28.2% ★, Dynamic Narration 15.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, RPG 8.8%
A visual novel with mild choice-based progression. In this prologue story, follow an inquisitve college student into the depths of deceptive corporate lab: Moniker Innovation. Begin to unravel a mystery larger than the young journalist looking for answers and even this game itself.
Why similar: Noir 33.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, RPG 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Searchbar Detective is a 2D Mystery Game set in a virtual world in which you use your searchbar to solve crimes and uncover conspiracies.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.5% ★, Noir 20.2%, Detective 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Join Lydia as she takes her fight to expose the corruption in Cypress Ridge to City Hall in the second part of the visual novel series What Lydia Knows.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Detective 13.6%, Dating Sim 12.7%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Dynamic Narration 21.6% ★, Detective 16.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. To Be Altered is a multiple-ending visual novel where your choices matter, even the most minuscule decisions will decide the fates of Darcy and others.
Why similar: Noir 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, RPG 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
Play 4 characters, live their unique stories and manage their daily lives to create their best day ever. In this narrative game, your decisions have consequences and change the outcome of the stories.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 28.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Immersive Sim 11%
Detective Norman faces one of the longest nights of his career. Alone, he searches for the missing girl, Felicia, only to discover that this case runs far deeper than he ever imagined.
Why similar: Noir 31.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Detective 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Adventure 9.1%
Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.
Why similar: Noir 37.8%, Simulation 20.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Detective 12.2%, Indie 9.1%
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Why similar: Noir 28.5%, Detective 19.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Dark Humor 8.8%
A cute romance visual novel set at an international school in Japan. As you approach the final hours of your school years together, help your sweet but shy girlfriend Ceri overcome her fears to be able to play the harp at the school's graduation ceremony. A tender, wholesome love story awaits.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Simulation 11.1%
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, RPG 13.3%
Noir/Horror themed story rich interactive adventure indie game with party-based RPG elements. As you investigate various mysterious cases, you will learn more about the secrets of this dystopian world and maybe discover why most of mankind has turned into zombies. Each of your choices really matters
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.4% ★, Noir 21.1%, Detective 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
The REJECTION SIM returns! Explore a slice of chaotic life in late 2000's American high school as you assume the role of Nicole once again. A 100% fully voiced VN presenting as the most culturally accurate period piece in the history of gaming.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Noir 15.7%, Dark Humor 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Dating Sim 9.3%
A classic Asian drama series is reborn in anime style, and you’re the director with power to guide the clash between rival families! Re:Burn The Bonfire of Taiwan puts you in control of the narrative, allowing you to guide the beloved characters to endings from the original show.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Funny 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
Why similar: Noir 45.9%, Detective 21.5%, RPG 15.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 7.7%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Noir 43.3%, Detective 29.9%, Visual Novel 20%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Five live rounds, a blank, and a choice. Electio is a short narrative horror game where death carries permanent consequences.
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Dynamic Narration 14.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.1%, Detective 11.9%, Immersive Sim 10.6%
An interactive Lovecraftian horror story about surviving a family you never knew and their servitude to a dark patron. True to the genre, you retain all knowledge from every play-through. Shape your fate and that of the family. Will you embrace this gift or rid humanity of their taint?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.4% ★, Noir 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
PC-98Like command-select adventure/visual novel Witness bugfixer Ino's quest with realistic FM sound
Why similar: Noir 28.6%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Detective 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Adventure 11.1%
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 33%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Anime 5.7%
Always wanted a fantasy world desk job?! Manage eccentric adventurers like a lazy witch, tsundere fairy & useless bard! Approve quests, keep them alive, pay off Elfie's crippling tax debt, and rake in gold for the Guild!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, RPG 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Anime 6.1%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Noir 19%, Detective 18.9%, Visual Novel 10%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
The Lost & The Found is a game about cooperation, deduction, and making the right choices. You and your colleague must reunite the people with their forgotten treasures. But be aware, all is not what it seems. Opposing forces vie for both your inventory and your loyalty.
Why similar: Noir 31%, Dynamic Narration 17.5% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
Pravda is a narrative stealth-puzzle about journalism under a totalitarian regime. You play Saga, a state-branded “Liar” working for the Resistance to bring down the Party. Your task is clear: Collect information. Craft the truth. Change the world. But in Abil-Gudit, every truth has a cost.
Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 15.7%, RPG 11.5%
In LIFE WITH MARY, you take control of our MC who’s lived a pretty stale life, albeit successful with his career. But your mundane existence is changed when your longtime friend unexpectedly drops his daughter off to live with you, so she can attend a music school in the city.
Why similar: Character Action Game 35.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dating Sim 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Adventure 6.3%
An otome game with intricate dark fantasy/fairytales. Can you solve the mysteries and find love?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Dating Sim 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Simulation 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Noir 22.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Dating Sim 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
Nothing brings people together as well as a common grief or crime! Can you bravely confront a criminal puppeteer with no legal defense?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 28.7% ★, Noir 22.3%, Detective 19%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%
When a famous Human Rights Lawyer dies under mysterious circumstances in her Sevenoaks mansion, Detective Inspector Rosie Morgan and her team of indefatigable investigators are called on the scene to find out who murdered the barrister and why.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Noir 19.9%, Dating Sim 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Noir 25.6%, Dynamic Narration 23.5% ★, Detective 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
Where It All Began invites you into a rich, immersive world as an interactive visual novel with dating elements that marks the beginning of an expansive universe. It’s a journey of reconnection, healing, and triumph over past traumas, all while navigating the rise of a criminal empire.
Why similar: Noir 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Simulation 9.7%
Reginald is a ringleader of a criminal organization who'd received a concussion and lost his memories. When he finds out that he has committed crimes in the past, he wants to repent and do good deeds. He wants to convince his henchmen to change with him. Unfortunately, he can't escape his past.
Why similar: Noir 29.1%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Simulation 11.2%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Detective 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
Hoosegow — a dark comedy about life behind bars. A random convict, a random charge, a random sentence. One goal: survive at any cost. Every decision opens new paths — or leads to death.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.4% ★, RPG 12.8%, Simulation 12.6%, Dark Humor 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Robert is a recluse who is afraid of girls. He hid from the world in his apartment and does not leave it for more than three years, until one day his neighbor kidnaps his cat.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dating Sim 10.3%
Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.
Why similar: Noir 33.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark Humor 12.8%, RPG 9.3%
Ambered: Three Thousand Days & Nights.Play as Ikay Lu, a genius CFO in deadly San Cielos. Ally with Maple Ye (Datura) to crush Yoo-chun Park’s conspiracy. A noir visual novel with 300+ backgrounds & 100+ CGs. In M-Republic, survival has a price. Don't miss it!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Dating Sim 16.4%, RPG 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Dynamic Narration 11.8% ★
"A heartwarming kingdom simulator + procedural story generator = make villager's life difficult, friendship betrayal, love entanglement, conflicts, join cults, overturn leaders, dragon dueling, turn villagers into animals, to create a beautiful ending." --- 10/10, anonymous.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 31.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Dark Humor 9.7%
It’s based on Hengshui high school to reveal the real society, Game feature: cult painting style, puzzle elements, serious student death event plus humorous minor role, As it was released on March,2015, and finished in the following four months, now it’s downloaded almost 0.9 million players, the live video of the game has 2.
Why similar: Detective 37.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Simulation 15.3%, RPG 13.9%, Adventure 8.2%
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 31.2% ★, Detective 22.2%, Noir 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, RPG 5.3%
The 『Love Goal』is a multi-ending visual novel that explores the themes of romance and reality. Players will take on the role of a 30-year-old woman who has a partner, standing at a crossroads in life. Every choice she makes pulls at the threads of her emotions and daily life⋯⋯
Why similar: Simulation 20.8%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, RPG 12.1%
Dating & Dragons – A Love Quest is a narrative RPG dating sim packed with every fantasy trope you love. Sneak out with the thief, wreak havoc with the warrior, or flirt with the bard. Explore branching adventures with multiple endings and hidden secrets. Roll those dice and watch out for dragons!
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Dynamic Narration 16% ★, RPG 8.5%, Simulation 8.5%
This short story commemorates the first anniversary(2016) of the CnGal. It's a heartwarming, healing tale filled with references to our mascot's daily life and Chinese galgame jokes. We hope you enjoy it—and fall in love with our mascot!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dating Sim 19.1%, RPG 18.1%, Anime 7.9%
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: Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Simulation 9.2%
Join Burst as he sorts out the chaos in Sorrentine. With your hips to the beat of jazz and a whole lot of bad luck, you'll have to dive into this fun pixel art world with RPG elements, to solve your adventures in the purest style of the best detectives who are now legends.
Why similar: Noir 36.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Detective 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Adventure 9.6%
Love Signal: On Air is a simulation game that puts you into the shoes of Yuna's manager, giving you the responsibility to choose the activities that make Yuna and other streamers shine. Help them with their various streaming activities to achieve greater goals and climb onto bigger stages!
Why similar: Simulation 17.3%, Dating Sim 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Noir 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Detective 16%, Adventure 5.3%
A dystopian future-noir social thriller. As an Imperial Inspector, navigate a towering technocratic empire where loyalty is survival. Investigate secrets, manipulate factions, and make brutal moral choices. In this alternate history, will you uphold the regime or subvert the truth?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.5% ★, Noir 23.8%, Detective 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Ever wondered what it would be like to have an elephant the size of a softball as a friend? Elfie is a unique and cozy experience that combines elements of pet simulators, minigame collections and visual novels to answer just that! Enjoy the company and hobbies of your new rotund friend!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 35.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Choices Matter 8%
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%
Embark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft, uncover hidden secrets, and rescue a village lost to the shadows in this magical detective visual novel. Oh, and never forget your cat - he might save you!
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Simulation 10.1%
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Noir 20.9%, Detective 18.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Dating Sim 10.6%
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Noir 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, RPG 13.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%
