- #1 Murders on the Yangtze River
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,156 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Historical 23.2%, Story Rich 17.8%, Adventure 10.5%, RPG 10.4%
- #2 Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
96% matchVery Positive88% of 4,574 reviews2024
Dev: 木焱工作室Pub: Wave Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Players follow Lu Yuan through important stages of his life and experience his growth trajectory from youth to maturity. It will take you to relive those decisions that you have never tried to make in reality, and feel the different life brought about by each choice.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22%, RPG 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Story Rich 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #3 Mohism: Battle of Words
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 610 reviews2023
Dev: 玄镜工作室Pub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Detective 22.8%, Story Rich 18.2%, Adventure 8.4%, Choices Matter 5.3%
- #4 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
94% matchMixed59% of 9,271 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Historical 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Word Game 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #5 Shanghai Summer
94% matchVery Positive90% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 18%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Word Game 14.9%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #6 Wandering Sword
92% matchVery Positive95% of 44,862 reviews2023
Dev: The Swordman StudioPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 23.1 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.
Why similar: RPG 55.6%, Story Rich 28.2%, Adventure 12%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #7 神都不良探 Underdog Detective
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,860 reviews2022
Dev: 天津芸芸科技有限公司
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Underdog Detective is a video-based playable, interactive story Set in the reign of Empress Wu Zetian of ancient China, you will play as a slum dweller in the imperial capital of Luoyang and embark on a thrilling yet comedic adventure! Traps and conspiracies, comradery and your unknown origin...
Why similar: Historical 21.5%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, RPG 11.5%
- #8 PatriotMemoirs
91% matchNo user reviews84% of 584 reviews2026
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Shangchuan, 1939, Japanese-occupied. By day a bowing traitor, by night a ghost, in Demon's Lair, No. 86. All wear masks: pretend, kill, survive. When sacrificing a friend is the only way, when betrayed, when only isolated cities remain - fight to the end, live a coward, or take an unimagined path?
Why similar: Historical 17.6%, Drama 16.3%, RPG 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #9 蜀汉再临:源起 Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 411 reviews2025
Dev: 浙江海蕊盈信网络科技有限公司
Windows
In the first Three Kingdoms-themed interactive movie game ‘Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin’, you take a role of an unlucky worker who time-travels to the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Faced with intricate storylines and the merciless twists of fate, you will personally experience a unique tale.
Why similar: Drama 19.7%, Historical 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #10 THE VIG
89% matchVery Positive90% of 583 reviews2026
Dev: 亦盈文化
Windows
You'll be "Xie En", infiltrating the traitor's money empire. This urban hunt is a revenge saga where wit is your spear. Return as "Wu Wei," using rules as your shield in a world of grey. Will you choose love or vengeance? This lethal game of cash, betrayal and redemption awaits your move.
Why similar: RPG 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Drama 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Adventure 9.1%
- #11 A Perfect Day
90% matchVery Positive85% of 1,828 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, Story Rich 15%, Adventure 8.9%
- #12 The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth
88% matchVery Positive91% of 3,009 reviews2026
Dev: 玛奇阿朵互娱科技Pub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
- #13 Breakout 13
89% matchVery Positive88% of 7,474 reviews2023
Dev: ALT Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Detective 10.9%
- #14 Mandate Of Heaven
86% matchVery Positive91% of 6,581 reviews2025
Dev: 木焱工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You will take on the role of the Second Prince of Xuan, heir of the Southern Regime. With foreign invaders entrenched in the north and a complacent court content to linger in the south, you face a defining choice:The choice… is yours!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, RPG 21.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #15 Shui's Odyssey
87% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2024
Dev: Intentional StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
This is a puzzle game that combines text and images. Players use visual illusions to piece together fragments of memories from Alzheimer's patients, in order to reconstruct the truth of the story and witness the passage of time for three generations.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Word Game 22.5%, Historical 16.8%, Point & Click 11.9%, Adventure 10.5%
- #16 Minds Beneath Us
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,307 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, RPG 11.9%
- #17 再见断刀
84% matchVery Positive93% of 2,718 reviews2025
Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中,接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查,抽丝剥茧的推理,才能定一个是非清白,还一个天理公道。 然而,在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下,似乎还有暗流涌动……
Why similar: Historical 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Detective 10.9%
- #18 Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,250 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.
Why similar: Historical 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, RPG 10.6%
- #19 Word Game
84% matchVery Positive93% of 6,426 reviews2022
Dev: Team9
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, RPG 17.7%, Story Rich 14.8%, Word Game 12.9%
- #20 Miss Peacock
82% matchVery Positive99% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: Otter Club
Windows · Mac
Between 1930 and 1933, Lieutenant Chen, an ambitious Asian officer, travels to a remote mine in the mountains of French Indochina to investigate a decrease in mineral production. Various forces become entangled in the power play, revealing the truth amid diplomatic mediation and supernatural events.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, RPG 16.1%, Historical 15.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Detective 10.6%
- #21 Trials of Innocence
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,779 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏Pub: Right Mind
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Detective 15.4%, Story Rich 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #22 栖云异梦
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: East2West Games
Windows
《栖云异梦》是一款由叙事驱动的指向点击冒险解谜游戏。在一次午后,主角方哲收到了一个包裹,其中的线索竟指向失踪多年的母亲。循环的梦魇、惊悚的哨音、多年前的来信...方哲为了解开真相踏上了一段奇异的冒险。剧场中的魅影、不为人知的密室、诡异的古村,梦境与现实交错,指引他步步逼近真相......
Why similar: Drama 26.4%, Detective 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%, RPG 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #23 The Rewinder
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,363 reviews2021
Dev: MistyMountainStudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.
Why similar: Historical 22.9%, Detective 20.7%, Story Rich 14.5%, Point & Click 11.6%, Adventure 11.4%
- #24 我打不过漂亮的她们
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,336 reviews2025
Dev: 想象颗粒
Windows
Shi Lei once ruled the underground world and retired at his peak. Years later, unsettling truths emerge, disrupting his peace. Will he resolve old issues or break free from fate to uncover the secrets behind these truths? This time, he won't face it alone; she will help him.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, RPG 19.6%, Story Rich 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%
- #25 Sinking The Boats
79% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 孟夏MengxiaPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: Historical 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 14%, RPG 13.7%, Story Rich 11%
- #26 The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
78% matchVery Positive94% of 59,917 reviews2024
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
Why similar: Historical 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Word Game 9.5%
- #27 The Heroes Around Me
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 763 reviews2024
Dev: OKJOY
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, RPG 16.7%, Story Rich 16%, Adventure 6.6%
- #28 Misty Judgment
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,519 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Detective 11.6%, Word Game 11.1%
- #29 Rue Valley
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,147 reviews2025
Dev: Emotion Spark StudioPub: Owlcat Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #30 Far Away
76% matchVery Positive95% of 8,179 reviews2021
Dev: Gratesca
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Word Game 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
- #31 Sanfu
75% matchVery Positive83% of 17,826 reviews2023
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2000年,山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告,而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入,一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。
Why similar: RPG 27.4%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Story Rich 15.3%, Detective 13.7%, Adventure 11.3%
- #32 Firework
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 44,394 reviews2021
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Indie 22%, RPG 15.9%, 2D 13.9%, Detective 8%
- #33 咸鱼殿下 / My journey
74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,100 reviews2025
Dev: 大聪明工作室Pub: 恭迎皇子驾到工作室
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is a Interactive Live-Action Game. You will travel back in time to become a noble Highness and experience the local customs and practices of ancient times. A series of your choices will influence the development trajectory of this world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Historical 16%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, RPG 13.3%
- #34 SIFU Kidnapped! Adventure in the Women's Kingdom
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,783 reviews2026
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Modern worker reborn as Golden Cicada in the all-female Land of Women. Unravel the Mother-Son River’s secrets, battle Demon King Mara, and bond with seven goddesses. Your choices shape many endings—balance enlightenment and love to rewrite the Three Realms.
Why similar: Drama 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 14%, RPG 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #35 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,194 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Detective 18.6%, Historical 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #36 Ignited in Cavern
74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,370 reviews2024
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team Uranian
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
In the waning years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, a rumor circulates about a stone statue that bestows blessings in the mortal realm. Lured by the rumor, Anu and Chu Qingqing, a Xianbei General and her Han captive, are led to Dunhuang to face their fates.
Why similar: Historical 19.8%, Word Game 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, RPG 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #37 Revolution: Young Mao
77% matchMostly Negative27% of 215 reviews2026
Dev: Runzhi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set around 1929, this interactive visual novel lets you relive the early Red Army's epic journey from a first-person perspective. Experience immersive historical narratives and make pivotal branching choices. Beware: wrong decisions will end your game!
Why similar: Historical 32%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Word Game 13.4%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #38 妄生 - Wandering Souls
73% matchVery Positive91% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance. Through delicate narrative and profound character creation, it brings players an immersive audio-visual experience.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Story Rich 17.8%, RPG 16.2%, Adventure 10.7%
- #39 Matchmaking Inc.
71% matchVery Positive89% of 7,285 reviews2025
Dev: Wave GamesPub: Lightning Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young single man returns to his hometown and takes over the family's matchmaking business. Matchmaking Inc. is a modern-themed RPG designed for men that combines gameplay elements of simulation management and text adventure.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.6%, Multiple Endings 19.3%, Word Game 18.6%, RPG 16.8%, Story Rich 13.2%
- #40 十五
73% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: 有杕之杜
Windows
This is a plot exploration game set in the 1990s. In the game, you will go back to the age of 15, make up for those regrets and mistakes, rewrite our story and destiny, and explore different life and destination!
Why similar: Drama 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Story Rich 14.6%, RPG 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #41 Heartbeat in Thailand
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,084 reviews2025
Dev: RainbowGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Freshly graduated, you head to Bangkok’s Chinatown to find your uncle—only to lose contact. Seeking a steady job, you’re mistaken for a gang boss and thrown into chaos. Along the way, you meet a sweet cousin, cold widow, mysterious performer, quirky ghost, and even... someone unexpected.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Story Rich 14.4%, RPG 13.7%
- #42 We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
73% matchVery Positive89% of 160 reviews2023
Dev: Act Zero
Windows
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Detective 10.5%
- #43 Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
71% matchVery Positive79% of 26,673 reviews2023
Dev: 半瓶醋工作室(Half Amateur Studio)Pub: XD
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hero's Adventure:Road to Passion is a wuxia open-world RPG. You will commence your journey as an underdog in the tumultuous Martial World and will be met with a wide array of choices as you navigate your own heroic saga.
Why similar: RPG 33.6%, Multiple Endings 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 6.3%
- #44 Cellveillance
71% matchVery Positive86% of 624 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Word Game 12.8%
- #45 阎罗索命
70% matchVery Positive91% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: Reptilian Brain Studio
Windows
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间,科举省试方毕,汴京国子监突发连环命案,遇害者死状惊悚离奇,如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博,通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局,找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Historical 28.8%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 11.2%, Detective 10.8%
- #46 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
69% matchVery Positive93% of 5,660 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Choices Matter 21%, Story Rich 16.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, RPG 12.6%
- #47 Road to Empress I
68% matchVery Positive87% of 13,226 reviews2025
Dev: New One Studio
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.5%, Historical 14.6%, RPG 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #48 Game Of Fate 3:Clash Of Crowns
69% matchVery Positive85% of 879 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An accident transports you from 1945 to 2010, embroiling you in a high-society kidnapping case. Confused and disoriented, you discover that the victim is your own descendant. Gunfire erupts, chaos escalates, and schemes unfold within schemes... Don’t want to be a pawn? How to become the player?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Story Rich 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Detective 8.1%
- #49 Conquer the world
68% matchVery Positive92% of 2,370 reviews2025
Dev: 互动之星
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"Conquer the world" is a historical theme of live-action interactive film game. First-person immersive experience, super-long and massive endings,rich interaction with multiple gameplay. Here,you will cross the river of history, Against invaders!
Why similar: Drama 20.1%, Historical 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Visual Novel 13%
- #50 Road to Empress Ⅱ
67% matchVery Positive83% of 9,395 reviews2026
Dev: New One Studio
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play as the protagonist in this live-action interactive palace survival drama! Take a dynasty's fate into your own hands in Road to Empress II, the new content of the global hit. Defy fate, navigate intrigue, and claim the throne of power. You decide it all!
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Story Rich 12.7%, RPG 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #51 锈翅 逃离我的家乡 Without Wings
67% matchVery Positive91% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: 埋月山枯Pub: Never Knows Best
Windows
玩家将以第一视角,扮演一名高中辍学的女孩,她被迫进入注塑厂打工。后来,她通过一款网络游戏,认识了大城市里的男孩阿澈,她义无反顾地向着有阿澈的未来奔去,也是向着能够逃离大山的未来奔去。在这跨越千里的鸿沟之间,她经历了期待、欣喜、意外、无助……最终,你将做出怎样的选择?
Why similar: Drama 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 11%, Word Game 10.7%
- #52 Soul Gambler
70% matchVery Positive87% of 2,727 reviews2014
Dev: Ilex GamesPub: Gamestorming
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Soul Gambler puts YOU in the role of Faust, an ordinary young man living in the present day whose DESTINY is about to be change forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Choices Matter 19%, RPG 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Adventure 8.8%
- #53 Reviver
67% matchVery Positive92% of 242 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Story Rich 18.1%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 8.7%
- #54 Over the Alps
69% matchVery Positive89% of 255 reviews2020
Dev: Stave StudiosPub: Tributary Games
Windows · Mac
A choices-matter spy thriller told through interactive postcards. Play a secret agent racing across 1930s Switzerland, sending coded reports to your handler. Charm, deceive or strong-arm your way through a Hitchcockian tale where every choice shapes the story.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Story Rich 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #55 Legend of Mortal
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 37,724 reviews2024
Dev: Obb Studio Inc.Pub: Paras Games
Windows
Median: 23.5 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The game world is set in a turbulent state and the mighty Tang-Man declines. The threats from the old enemies keep coming one after another.As a nobody, will you choose either to leave yourself out of it or to fight for Tang-Man's future and turning the tide? The journey of yours,is unpredictable.
Why similar: Choices Matter 33.7%, Multiple Endings 29.2%, RPG 25.9%, Indie 3.5%, Adventure 3.2%
- #56 Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,029 reviews2021
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Word Game 15.8%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #57 Back to the Dawn
62% matchVery Positive94% of 10,367 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: RPG 21%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Story Rich 15.9%, Detective 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.5%