- #1 Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play On Words Studios
Windows
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 22.9%, Dynamic Narration 17.3% ★, Detective 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #2 Sunset High
96% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Turnip Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.2%, Detective 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #3 Dissent
96% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows
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 33.5%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%, RPG 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #4 瑶光
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mola Star
Windows
《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 18%, RPG 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%
- #5 REARVIEW MIRROR
94% matchPositive85% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: CUBUS GAMES SL
Windows · Mac
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%
- #6 Searchbar Detective
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ohana Studio
Windows
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 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #7 Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows - Known Factors
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows
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 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Detective 13.6%, Dating Sim 12.7%
- #8 Echoes of Madness - The Hawthorne Case
92% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Mr.Bane Games
Windows
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%
- #9 Wraith’s Embrace
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
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 23.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dating Sim 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #10 A Case of Distrust
91% matchVery Positive82% of 601 reviews2018
Dev: An Open Ben
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 22%, Dynamic Narration 21.8% ★, Detective 16.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #11 Coalescence
90% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
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 11.1%
- #12 Night Call
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 725 reviews2019
Dev: Monkey MoonPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 21%, Visual Novel 15%, Detective 12.2%, Indie 9.2%
- #13 Sounds of Her Love 2
88% matchPositive100% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: ds-sans
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Simulation 11.1%
- #14 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, RPG 13.3%
- #15 Noir : Dead On Arrival
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AGORA:GAMEPLAY
Windows
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 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #16 Re:Burn The Bonfire of Taiwan
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toii GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
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%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Funny 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #17 Numina
85% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: starlit studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.6% ★, Dynamic Narration 16.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, RPG 9.3%
- #18 Noir Syndrome
86% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2014
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 46%, Detective 21.5%, RPG 15.1%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 7.8%
- #19 The Monster Inside
84% matchVery Positive88% of 2,060 reviews2017
Dev: Random Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 10%
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 29.8%, Visual Novel 20%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #20 At Eve’s Wake Definitive Edition
84% matchPositive84% of 43 reviews2021
Dev: Sugar Rush Studios
Windows
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 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #21 Judge SIM
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sunsistudiosPub: sunsixstudios
Windows
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 18.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #22 BUGFIXER INO
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: cyberspace8bit
Windows
PC-98Like command-select adventure/visual novel Witness bugfixer Ino's quest with realistic FM sound
Why similar: Noir 28.6%, Visual Novel 20%, Detective 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Adventure 11%
- #23 Sockpuppet Noire
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows
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 19.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Dark Humor 8.8%
- #24 Electio
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HDchrom
Windows
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 14.6% ★, Visual Novel 13.1%, Detective 11.9%, Immersive Sim 10.8%
- #25 谍:玫瑰
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 星星火工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
《谍:玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」,在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中,揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋,在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动,你能否揪出内奸,重建地下情报网,点燃象征黎明的星星火焰?
Why similar: RPG 22.5%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Detective 19.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Adventure 10.3%
- #26 Would you sell your soul
80% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: COMINO Inc.
Windows
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 33%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Adventure 8.5%, Anime 5.6%
- #27 Adventurers Guild Receptionist
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio LITTE
Windows
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 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Funny 6.1%
- #28 Unsolved Case: Above the Law Collector's Edition
79% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
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 28.8% ★, Noir 22.2%, Detective 19%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #29 PRAVDA(concept25)
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floating Stone Studio
Windows
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 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, RPG 11.5%
- #30 Nusantara: Bermuda
77% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: SweetChiel
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome game with intricate dark fantasy/fairytales. Can you solve the mysteries and find love?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Simulation 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #31 Best Day Ever
78% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: ReRolled Studio
Windows
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 11%
- #32 Life with Mary
77% matchVery Positive89% of 93 reviews2020
Dev: Likesblondes
Windows · Linux
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 35.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dating Sim 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Adventure 6.3%
- #33 Lover's Enigma
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
Windows
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%
- #34 Misadventures of Laura Silver
76% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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%
- #35 Love Goal
74% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: 糖染川
Windows · Mac
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%
- #36 Hoosegow: Prison Survival
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D.Dream games
Windows
Battle-tested by 13 million players on mobile — now rebuilt for PC without a single microtransaction. Hoosegow is a dark comedy about making it through life behind bars. You're dealt a random character, a crime, and a sentence. Your goal: survive at any cost.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.4% ★, RPG 12.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Dark Humor 10.7%, Choices Matter 9%
- #37 Detective Rosie Morgan: Death at a Dinner Party
75% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Little Black Book Entertainment
Windows
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 10.6%
- #38 Class of '09: The Re-Up
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,498 reviews2023
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 16.5%, Noir 15.7%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Dating Sim 9.3%
- #39 Bad Guys Good Boys - BL
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: ChaniMK
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Simulation 11.3%
- #40 Where it all Began - Season 1
72% matchVery Positive87% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: OceanAVN
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 15.5%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Simulation 9.7%
- #41 The Darkest Dusk
73% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Flavio Valenzi
Windows
Classic Point-and-Click Adventure Game to experience the feeling from the 80's and 90's | Tech-Noir | Pixel Art and Retro Style | Interactive visual novel
Why similar: Noir 36.1%, Dynamic Narration 28.9% ★, Visual Novel 20.6%, Adventure 5.7%, 2D 5.3%
- #42 Cold Harvest
73% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Grebot Games
Windows
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 14.8%, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dating Sim 10.3%
- #43 Reflections in Amber
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frog Croaked Team
Windows · Mac
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 23.6% ★, Detective 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #44 Death Drive
69% matchVery Positive97% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: LunaticMoon
Windows
Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.
Why similar: Noir 33.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Dark Humor 12.9%, RPG 9.3%
- #45 Chasing Demons
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Chasing Demons is a culmination of ALL of Randumb Studios works, where each Secret Word given at the end of prior games is used to customize and tailor a personal gameplay experience unique to each individual player, ensuring that no two players ever experience the identical gameplay as one another!
Why similar: Simulation 17.8%, RPG 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
- #46 回忆忘却之看板娘
69% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: CnGalPub: 希恩基露
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 7.8%
- #47 Kingdom Unwritten
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unplayed
Windows · Mac
"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 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Dark Humor 9.7%
- #48 恒水中学连环虐杀 / The untold story of hengshui school
72% matchVery Positive86% of 517 reviews2018
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 15.4%, RPG 13.9%, Adventure 8.1%
- #49 Croak and Solve
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BeyondTales Interactive
Windows
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 9.5%
- #50 Yoram - Question Arc
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Yoram
Windows
A mansion drenched in heavy rain. Heirs gathered, each eyeing the family fortune. And you—who committed a murder in their midst. As a chain of killings begins, YORAM follows Irene Lindbergh, a murderer hiding her crime, as she searches for the truth buried deep within the estate.
Why similar: Noir 37.1%, Detective 23.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Adventure 10.2%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #51 Detective Turtletop: Who Killed Harambe?
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Turtletop Software
Windows
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 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Detective 16%, Adventure 5.2%
- #52 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
70% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 7.5%
- #53 Detective Trent
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pegamob
Windows
Detective Trent is a narrative-driven mystery game inspired by Trent’s Last Case. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth through evidence and dialogue. Your reasoning shapes the case, leading to multiple outcomes and endings.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Dynamic Narration 18.1% ★, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Adventure 7.8%
- #54 A Very Foolish Remaster of Beretta Mondatta
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yoss IIIPub: Konol Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help a psychopath find love in this stupid meme visual novel from 10+ years ago, which has finally gotten the remaster it deserves.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Dark Humor 9.9%
- #55 酒,音乐和虚无论
68% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Mogeko
Windows · Mac
《酒,音乐和虚无论》是一款电波系短篇视觉小说。
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Dating Sim 21.9%, Choices Matter 15.1%, RPG 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #56 Heart Stealer
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pandora Chung
Mac
Step into the shoes of a witch disguised as a student for one semester. In this heart-stealing visual novel RPG, build relationships with seven unique characters and decide whose heart you’ll claim… or who might just steal yours.
Why similar: RPG 20%, Dating Sim 16.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #57 Love Signal: On Air
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GOVRPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
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 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
- #58 To Be Altered: ACT 1
66% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: SKELLYBED Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, RPG 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%
- #59 Mandated Fate
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thibaut BillerotPub: Tetrarchy Studios
Windows
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 27.7% ★, Noir 23.6%, Detective 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #60 Fame
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Tropical-Games Studio
Windows
You’ve been invited to an exclusive stay at the Beggars Hotel, a once-glamorous retreat where only the elite gather. But when the guests begin dying one by one, your dream getaway turns into a deadly game of survival. Who can you trust?
Why similar: Detective 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Dating Sim 10.6%