
Ichth.ys is a visual novel with turn-based combat where your choices affect the story! You follow Fraser, a hacker who was recently expelled from university, in a tale of mystery, deception, censorship, freedom, and board game cafes!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Political, Story Rich, Visual Novel, Choices Matter.

Ichth.ys is a visual novel with turn-based combat where your choices affect the story! You follow Fraser, a hacker who was recently expelled from university, in a tale of mystery, deception, censorship, freedom, and board game cafes!

Electioneering
You are at the nexus of the events of 2020; you will hire agents, run political ads, research topics, use hacking, and more in this turn-based political strategy game. In Electioneering, your goal is to ensure your candidate becomes the next President of the United States.

Feed the Lie
NEWS CENSOR: edit headlines, replace words, and approve only the “safe” stories. But remember: one wrong word can end your career.
You are at the nexus of the events of 2020; you will hire agents, run political ads, research topics, use hacking, and more in this turn-based political strategy game. In Electioneering, your goal is to ensure your candidate becomes the next President of the United States.
Why similar: Political Sim 17.4% ★, Hacking 15.4% ★, Political 15.3% ★, Conspiracy 14.4% ★, Alternate History 13.3%
NEWS CENSOR: edit headlines, replace words, and approve only the “safe” stories. But remember: one wrong word can end your career.
Why similar: Political 20.6% ★, Political Sim 16.6% ★, Conspiracy 15.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Dystopian 7.7%
An interactive story about hacking, unveiling secrets, chatting with people, and searching for purpose.
Why similar: Hacking 27.5% ★, Conspiracy 19.1% ★, Alternate History 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Dystopian 9.6%
Joe Biden is back as the one term president hoping to become the two time president. November 2024 is only months away but the world is getting more ridiculing by the day. Choose your decisions wisely and help Mister 46 survive his next 3 weeks in office. You must help Joe Escape From MAGA, again.
Why similar: Political 17.9% ★, Conspiracy 17.2% ★, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Alternate History 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
F around and find out! A ruthless no F's given dark comedy where you play the president of the United States of America, abuse executive power, crank up the FAFO meter, deal with robot overlords, alien invasions, drain swamps, flip off allies, crush protests, and destroy all that oppose you!
Why similar: Political Sim 18.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Alternate History 12.1%, Conspiracy 10.9% ★, Capitalism 9.8%
A Game Noir espionage thriller set in an alternative 1872, presented as an interactive story game with role-playing elements. Make skill-based decisions in locally branching dialogue. Not a novel to read. A chamber piece to play.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.9% ★, Alternate History 20.2%, Political 11.7% ★, Historical 10.7%, RPG 9.1%
100 lives, one justice. Manage 100 citizens in a country falling to shadow forces. Your choices shape a collective timeline across decades. Lead unions, survive assassinations, and leave a legacy of resistance in this text-based political strategy sim. Words are your greatest weapon.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.5% ★, Political 19.8% ★, Text-Based 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Dystopian 10.1%
Overthrow a corporate oligarch and uplift your neighbors through the information you observe and learn.
Why similar: Political 21.5% ★, Capitalism 15%, Alternate History 13.8%, Dystopian 12.3%, Cyberpunk 11.7%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Political Sim 18% ★, Political 17.2% ★, Alternate History 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Visual Novel 9%
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Political 22.2% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Dystopian 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Ministry of Truth: 1964 is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society. Become an official, manipulate facts, rewrite history, and provide the ‘truth’ to the public. Choose: obey or fight against the regime. The Great Father is watching you!
Why similar: Political Sim 23.4% ★, Political 20.3% ★, Dystopian 14%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
VSCS-II is a retro-styled narrative game about privacy and security. Using an upgraded '80s operating system, navigate an underground network to make connections, unearth conspiracies, and ultimately decide the fate of the dark web.
Why similar: Hacking 22.4% ★, Political Sim 19.8% ★, Political 14.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Dystopian 10%
Be a troll-for-hire on social media! You will serve in the Social Warfare battalion and promote loyalty to the Great Kingdom of Eternia, while disrupting society in the enemy nation.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.2% ★, Alternate History 18.6%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 10%, Political 8.5% ★
Prove your worth to Big Boss and rule the assigned country from the shadows. Manipulate politics, the media, and the streets to funnel all national resources into the hands of The Company. Swipe decision cards, stay undercover, and hold onto power.
Why similar: Political Sim 15.4% ★, Political 14.7% ★, Conspiracy 13.7% ★, Capitalism 11.8%, Dystopian 8.5%
A political sim RPG space opera with 4X elements, inspired by Suzerain and Stellaris. Become the first president of a fallen empire, choose any ideology, and expand into the stars. Your decisions shape the nation and the galaxy. Follow any ideology, be the leader you want in Pax Astra!
Why similar: Political Sim 20.6% ★, Alternate History 12.2%, Cyberpunk 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Betrayed by the calculated cruelty of an evil corporation, Josephine finds herself homeless, jobless and without a heart. With nothing to lose, she joins a ragtag group of rebels seeking vengeance. Choose a love interest and let them guide Josephine's heart in this capitalist hellscape.
Why similar: Political 18.3% ★, Cyberpunk 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Dystopian 13.2%, Capitalism 12.9%
The Pope needs a new secretary, and you, Father Lorenzo, have just been transferred to Rome. Navigate HolyOS, the Vatican's bespoke operating system: send official emails, chat with cardinals, manage His Holiness' schedule, decrypt hidden archives, and upgrade your OS as secrets begin to surface.
Why similar: Political 20.2% ★, Political Sim 18.3% ★, Hacking 16.2% ★, Text-Based 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Embark on an insane journey with Comer Sintra through MMOs, hacking, the financial markets, love, and a philosophical understanding of how absolutely everything works.
Why similar: Hacking 23.6% ★, Political Sim 15.6% ★, Capitalism 14.3%, Political 13.6% ★, Conspiracy 11.9% ★
You are the Whisperer, hooded advisor to King Alric the Uncertain. Forty days. Twenty-five court crises. Four pillar-leaders pulling the realm in four directions. The King hears you last before every decision. Twenty-one endings. No correct path.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Political 12.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Conspiracy 8.8% ★
A retro audio-based narrative game about the power of the news. Robert Evergreen is dead! The public adored him, but what was he like in private? Listen to interviews with Robert’s friends and family, decide what kind of article you’d like your paper to print, and watch the story unfold.
Why similar: Political 21.1% ★, Alternate History 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!
Why similar: Alternate History 19.3%, Political 14.9% ★, Text-Based 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
“Your Price, Your Honor.” is a game where you control the choices of a judge who is getting close to retirement. You must manage the public’s tolerance for injustice… and your own wallet.
Why similar: Political 20.7% ★, Political Sim 19.7% ★, Capitalism 16%, Conspiracy 14.8% ★, Alternate History 12.8%
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Hacking 18.4% ★, Alternate History 17%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.7% ★, Political 23.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Dystopian 9.7%, Visual Novel 9%
Act as Premier Alexander Sants in a time of stagnation, division, and the falling of walls. Will you steer the brotherly nations of the People's Republic of Sudlivia toward the liberal West, reinforce the crumbling East, or forge a new path? Or even be ousted before becoming the General Secretary?
Why similar: Political 20.3% ★, Alternate History 14.9%, Capitalism 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Alternate History 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Historical 11%
Code.Breaker() is a cyberpunk visual novel about technology, cybercrime, and trying to survive in a world ruled by corporations. Hack your way out of your worst day at a job you´re not supposed to have.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18.7%, Hacking 14.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
In the last days of their life, a dying person takes one final gamble... No More Future is a linear Sci-Fi Visual Novel, where you explore a futuristic world as an android trying to rebuild their old life. In this strange journey, they'll question the very foundations of their life and their world.
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.4% ★, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Political 12.5% ★, Cyberpunk 11.4%
Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.7% ★, Political 17.6% ★, Cyberpunk 17.2%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.
Why similar: Hacking 20.9% ★, Cyberpunk 15.6%, Political 15.2% ★, Dystopian 15.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Radiotext is an interactive story set in the near future, where communication without intrusion requires radio-waves. Dive into a cryptographic radio-net in this text-based rpg, where you need to think carefully before typing your answers.
Why similar: Hacking 28.8% ★, Cyberpunk 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Dystopian 9.8%
How to Win is an anarchic adventure/gaming experiment where players decide the rules. Whatever you decide, that’s what happens next in our story. No matter what chaos it creates. Play through all 5 chapters of Season 1, then send us your ideas for Season 2!
Why similar: Political 19.9% ★, Political Sim 17.6% ★, Capitalism 12.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Creatures Like Us is a queer narrative sim about squatting, solidarity and surviving capitalism together. Follow a group of friends as they make homes in abandoned buildings. They forage, fix stuff, hold meetings and figure out how to live alongside each other with care, conflict and humour.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Dystopian 15.3%, Capitalism 11.8%, Political 10% ★
A political sim where you are Delphi, the AI that guides the world government. Manage laws, budgets and global crises while you pull the strings from the shadows. Will they shut you down… or will you seize power?
Why similar: Political Sim 21.6% ★, Political 19.5% ★, Capitalism 15.7%, Alternate History 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
Tensions both political and personal are rising at the Brightworld mining colony. In this dynamic sci-fi visual novel you must decide where your heart and loyalties lie if you’re to shape the future and save yourself.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Political 10.3% ★, Capitalism 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
Live your own story in a world of the early Middle Ages! Lead a dynasty, expand your domain, help your subjects, and don’t forget to leave an heir! Thy Kingdom Come!
Why similar: Political Sim 25.4% ★, Political 22% ★, Alternate History 15.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
Work as a body modification consultant in a dystopian future. Talk to clients, make recommendations, and decide how much to upsell them. Balance helping others with earning enough to save your sick rabbit. Make decisions and change lives.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Dystopian 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
Welcome to Forward Green, Dave, we hope you're excited. Project Lagoon Breeze is a great opportunity to make connections, oversee construction, and manage community relations on an international scale. This role requires resilience, but we know you're up for it. Are you ready to make a difference?
Why similar: Political 28.8% ★, Capitalism 20.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 8.8%
Follow the new worker of the disinformation agency day by day. Decide how to oppose news and people through the use of fake scandals and redirections. Ensure a win for your employers - or find some conscience after all.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.9% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Capitalism 11.4%, Political 9.3% ★, Text-Based 9.3%
Follow a new set of events involving Pegasus-5 crew with them being stuck in a city under curfew after a terrorist attack and getting entangled in a massive conspiracy. Stick close to your allies, build romantic relations, and make important choices.
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.9% ★, Cyberpunk 16.6%, Political 15.2% ★, Dystopian 13.1%, Visual Novel 8.8%
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
Why similar: Political 20.4% ★, Political Sim 18.4% ★, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Dystopian 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
Visual novel set in Chile, 1973. The military dictatorship rises up, and a family of siblings try to live their daily life, interrupted by the regime's activities. You will be cornered and forced to take tough decisions that will test your morality. Remember: Every decision will have consequences.
Why similar: Dystopian 18.1%, Political 17.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Historical 11.4%
Join Carmen, a somewhat absent-minded middle-aged lady who has to endure bizarre situations in her space truck. And possibly mess things up like crazy. An interactive narrative experience about the most flamboyant beings in the universe.
Why similar: Alternate History 22.4%, LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%
Run a newsroom under censorship. Investigate events, choose stories, redact words, and arrange the front page in a story-driven newspaper politics simulation adventure set in 1920s colonial Korea.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.2% ★, Political 21% ★, Historical 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Text-Based 9.1%
You are Juno, a teenage girl getting evidence to clear her brother's name. Choose who helps you solve the mystery. With multiple endings, some scenes are flashbacks to the past. Your actions there may even change who committed the crime, with what, and where!
Why similar: Hacking 25.1% ★, Cyberpunk 18.9%, Conspiracy 15.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 11%
The internet is dying. You're a verification operator. Filter out AI impostors from humanity's last clean network. Interrogate live LLM agents that think, lie, and bribe in real-time. Use investigation tools to detect deception. Every verdict shapes the internet.
Why similar: Hacking 23.8% ★, Political 21.7% ★, Dystopian 15.2%, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
You wake up as North Korea’s Supreme Leader. Manage diplomacy, internal power struggles, and national survival. Balance nuclear ambition, public needs, and elite loyalty. One wrong move could cost you everything — will you rule or fall?
Why similar: Political Sim 34.9% ★, Alternate History 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Historical 8.6%
Welcome to the heart of a 1980s bureaucracy. Review applicant files, cross-check records, and make heavy moral decisions. Amidst strange rumors of an unidentified illness, will you uncover the dark truth or become an accomplice to the system?
Why similar: Political 23.5% ★, Political Sim 22% ★, Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Dystopian 15.8%, Text-Based 8.8%
A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Political Sim 15.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Alternate History 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Secret agents fight shadowy wars for global conspiracies vying for absolute power in this espionage strategy game inspired by 1990's conspiracy theories. Infiltrate governments, undermine civil rights, and foment wars in your campaign to establish a New World Order.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.1% ★, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Political 17.9% ★, Capitalism 14.1%, Alternate History 10.6%
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, RPG 10.2%
Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into happy people!
Why similar: Hacking 32.8% ★, Dystopian 18%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Futuristic 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
The median lifespan of a new operative is 8 minutes. Try to beat the average. Hack a dying space station, outsmart a corrupted AI, and dodge rogue autodocs in cheesy FMV glory. Halcyon HR reminds you that dying on the clock instantly voids your pension. 12 brutal endings.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.4% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Dystopian 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%
A queer Victorian romance visual novel in which a gentleman running from the past and a poet hiding from the future collide through a lonely hearts ad. Suddenly, their lives can blossom—if you choose to change them.
Why similar: Alternate History 19.6%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Historical 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%
The World Well: Blood of Caro is a cinematic dark fantasy visual novel where every choice reveals another piece of the truth. Join 4 and Noma as they journey through a vampire-ruled world filled with unforgettable characters, hidden secrets, and difficult decisions.
Why similar: Alternate History 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Text-Based 12%
Win fame as a playwright before dark forces bring the curtain down for good! In a city stalked by a deadly curse, how will the power of your pen change the world?
Why similar: Alternate History 19.7%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%
sionic Love is a visual novel game in which you search for goals and love by moving between the viewpoints of two main characters in the world of cyberpunk. Explore the world, talk to different characters, and reach different endings.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
Welcome to the United Sects of America, where a captivating narrative, strategic management, and moral choices seamlessly intertwine. As the leader of your own cult, you'll grapple with tough decisions, shape your group's destiny, and aim to wield influence across the entire United States.
Why similar: Political 21.2% ★, Political Sim 20.1% ★, Alternate History 16.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Historical 8.7%
Lead a waning Empire back to its former glory in this fictional Cold War text-based RPG. As emperor, choose who to trust and who to silence. Adapt to changing times or cling to tradition. Enact reforms to revive the economy, enforce law and order, and reinforce the Empire’s place under the Sun.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.9% ★, Political 14% ★, Text-Based 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Future? No Thanks! is a narrative-driven, open-world adventure set in an ecosocialist utopia. You're old, bitter, and scheduled for euthanasia. Enjoy your last day in a future that works for everyone but you.
Why similar: Capitalism 19.2%, Cyberpunk 17.1%, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Political 16% ★, Dystopian 11.7%